Cessna 172N N6134E

Summary

On 1 December 1983 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6134E was involved in an accident near Truckee, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 December 1983 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Truckee, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6134E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palo Alto → Truckee

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA088

1 person 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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE TERRAIN WHILE TRYING TO FLY THROUGH DONNER PASS ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY. THERE WAS AN OVERCAST SKY AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE 8300 TO 9100 FT HIGH. THE PLT WAS QUOTED AS STATING THAT THE ACFT DID NOT CLIMB AS WELL AS HE ANTICIPATED AND STALLED AS HE TRIED TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE TREES IN THE HIGH PASS. THE ACFT SETTLED INTO PINE TREES AND SNOW. THE PLT HIKED OUT TO A HIGHWAY FOR HELP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.