Cessna 172 N7064G

Summary

On 12 August 1984 at about 19:44 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N7064G was involved in an accident near Lyons, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 August 1984 at 19:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Lyons, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.2396, -105.3609

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N7064G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Longmont → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84FA259

1 person died.

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

THE ACFT PLUNGED TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING SEEN DOING A SERIES OF STALL/SPIN MANEUVERS AT A LOW ALT. ONE WITNESS SAW THEFINAL MANEUVER AND AFTER SEEING THE ACFT DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES HE WENT IN SEARCH OF IT AND FOUND IT ABOUT 100 YDS SOUTHOF THE POSITION HE HAD CALCULATED AS ITS ACCIDENT LOCATION. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT THE ACFT HAD 'SPUN IN.' NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ACFT WERE INDICATED BY THE EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE OF THE AUTOPSY REVEALED NO SIGN OF INCAPACITATION; HOWEVER THE EVIDENCE DID SHOW THAT THE PLT HAD CANCER OF AN ADVANCED NATURE. THE FAMILY OF THE PLT SAID THAT THE PLT HAD BEEN AWARE OF HIS CANCER FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.