ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36946
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 January 1997 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | Ronald J. Haarer |
| Registration: | N736WZ |
| MSN: | R1722858 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4990 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360-KB2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bagdad, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Phoenix, AZ (KDVT) |
| Kingman, AZ (KIGM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The operator reported that several flights were canceled on the morning of the accident due to darkening weather north of the departure airport. A witness on the ground reported that the mountain tops around the accident site were shrouded in clouds. A second witness reported a cloud bank over the mountains, southeast of the destination airport. A third witness flying through the area reported that the mountains near the accident site were obscured in low clouds. The pilot received a weather briefing before departure. The aircraft was found to have crashed into rising mountainous terrain south of his destination.
Probable Cause: continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from terrain. Factors relating to the accident were: the high/mountainous terrain and adverse weather conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX97FA093
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 October 1992 | N736WZ | Monterey Navy Flying Club | 0 | Picacho, AZ | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 08-Apr-2024 17:03 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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