ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41425
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Date: | Tuesday 14 September 1982 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Type: | Cessna R172K |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N758JM |
MSN: | 2072431 |
Total airframe hrs: | 663 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-360-KB |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Vernal, UT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | Rangely, CO |
Destination airport: | Rangely, CO |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE LOW FLYING ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. TWO AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY STUDENTS FROM A NEARBY COLLEGE HAD BEEN SEEN FLYING LOW AND CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AROUND THE LOCAL MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN THE COLLEGE AVIATION PROGRAM. THEY WERE RETURNING TO LAND WHEN ONE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP LEFT TURN AND IMPACTED THE MOUNTAIN. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X04519 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] |
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