Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N3584Q

5 September 1983 · S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 5 September 1983 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N3584Q was involved in an accident near S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:30
Classification
Accident
Location
S. Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Nearest airport
South Lake Tahoe (TVL)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N3584Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Napa → S. Lake Tahoe
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX83LA423

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 3 0 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

ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, THE PLT LANDED APRX 2000 FT DOWN THE RWY, THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING, THE NOSE WAS IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ATTITUDE, THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOW, AND THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT IMPACTED WITH TREES APRX 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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