Cessna R172K N736LE

17 August 1981 · San Jose, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 August 1981 at about 12:49 local time, a Cessna R172K registered N736LE, operated by Wing Nuts Flyi, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near San Jose, California, United States. One person was on board and one died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 August 1981 at 12:49
Classification: Accident
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Jose Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna R172K
Registration: N736LE
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Wing Nuts Flyi
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Apple Valley, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3625

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	1	1	0

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

CESSNA OVERTAKEN BY PIPER, N15611.TWR CONTROLLER STATED NEVER IDD PIPER, EITHER TRANS OR PRIMY TGT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3625, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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