Cessna 172B N6923X

Summary

On 3 April 1985 at about 00:55 local time, a Cessna 172B registered N6923X was involved in an accident near Smith, Nevada, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 April 1985 at 00:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Smith, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

38.7992, -119.3195

Aircraft

Cessna 172B

Registration

N6923X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wellington → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85FA082

3 people 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

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE PLT MADE MULTIPLE PASSES OVER HIS RESIDENCE AT LOW ALT. THE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT IN VARIOUS MANEUVERS AT LOW ALT. ONE MANEUVER WAS DESCRIBED AS A PULL-UP FROM ABOUT 100 FT TO APRX 600 FT, WHERE THE ACFT WENT INTO A WINGOVER OR HAMMERHEAD STALL. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE MANEUVERING, THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, SLIGHTLY LEFT BANK ATTITUDE WHILE ON A HEADING OF 125 DEGS. INITIAL GROUND IMPACT WAS APRX 94 FT EAST OF A SET OF POWER LINES. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.