Cessna 172 N12962

Summary

On 27 April 1986 at about 16:43 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N12962 was involved in an accident near Kearny, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1986 at 16:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Kearny, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N12962

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kearney → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA195

2 people had minor injuries.

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 PLT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A SIGHTSEEING FLT AND WAS FLYING WESTBOUND AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL ALONG THE GILA RIVER, WHEN THE ACFT STRUCK POWERLINES. THE ACFT THEN DESCENDED INTO THE RIVER BED. HE FUTHER STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE POWERLINES AT THE LAST MINUTE AND WAS MANEUVERING TO FLY UNDER THEM WHEN THE ACFT'S WHEELS STRUCK THE UNSEEN LOWER LINES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.