LYONS, CO, USA
N7064G
CESSNA 172
THE ACFT PLUNGED TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING SEEN DOING A SERIES OF STALL/SPIN MANEUVERS AT A LOW ALT. ONE WITNESS SAW THEFINAL MANEUVER AND AFTER SEEING THE ACFT DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES HE WENT IN SEARCH OF IT AND FOUND IT ABOUT 100 YDS SOUTHOF THE POSITION HE HAD CALCULATED AS ITS ACCIDENT LOCATION. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT THE ACFT HAD 'SPUN IN.' NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ACFT WERE INDICATED BY THE EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE OF THE AUTOPSY REVEALED NO SIGN OF INCAPACITATION; HOWEVER THE EVIDENCE DID SHOW THAT THE PLT HAD CANCER OF AN ADVANCED NATURE. THE FAMILY OF THE PLT SAID THAT THE PLT HAD BEEN AWARE OF HIS CANCER FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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