Cessna 172L N8174M
18 July 1980 · Grass Valley, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 18 July 1980 at about 11:50 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N8174M, operated by Castle Aero, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grass Valley, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grass Valley, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nevada County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172L
- Registration
- N8174M
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Castle Aero
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Merced, Ca → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1640
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
X-WND GSTG 12KTS.ACFT DRIFTED OFF RWY.RUT FM WTREROSION NEXT TO RWY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 1980 | Cessna 172M | Lansing, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1980 | Cessna 172N | Melfa, Virginia, United States | Garrison Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 1980 | Cessna 172 | Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 1980 | Cessna 172 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Elmendorf Aero | No injuries | - |
| 24 Sep 1980 | Cessna 172M | Strongsville, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Oct 1980 | Cessna 172N | Phillips, Wisconsin, United States | Tri-Co Flying | No injuries | - |
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Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |