ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381734
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Date: | Sunday 12 June 1983 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 172 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N739BD |
MSN: | 17270405 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Yerrington, NV -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Las Vegas, NV (KLAS) |
Destination airport: | Reno, NV (KRNO) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR YERRINGTON, NV. AFTER POLICE FOUND EMPTY BEER CANS & SOME UNIDENTIFIED DRUGS IN THE AIRCRAFT, THE PLT RESISTED ARREST & ASSAULTED THE OFFICERS. WHEN INTERVIEWED AT A HOSPITAL, HE STATED 'IT WAS HIS TIME TO GO' & THAT 'GOD HAD TOLD HIM TO CRASH THE AIRPLANE.' HE ALSO STATED THAT A BRIEFCASE WITH MONEY IN IT FLEW OUT THE REAR WINDOW & THAT HE TAPED THE WINDOW SHUT WHILE IN FLT. THERE WAS TAPE ON THE WINDOW; HOWEVERIT WAS FOUND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ACFT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX83LA282 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX83LA282
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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