Accident · 2004-01-28

NTSB case SEA04LA038 · Cessna 172N · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2004-01-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Cessna 172N (N734CB)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Avcenter, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Avcenter, Inc.

Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to follow procedures, i.e., operating the non-icing certified aircraft in known icing conditions contrary to the pilot operators handbook which resulted in ice accretion and ultimately a stall and loss of control in flight. Contributing factors were the icing conditions and degraded aircraft performance.

Source: NTSB case SEA04LA038

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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