| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 11, 1996 |
| Time: | 0824 |
| Location: | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Operator: | Private |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Cheyenne, WY - Lincoln, NE |
| AC Type: | Cessna 177B |
| Registration: | N35207 |
| cn / ln: | 17702266 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Seven- year-old trainee pilot, Jessica Dubroff, accompanied by her father (a passenger) and the pilot-in-command, were engaged in a trans-continental record attempt involving 6,660 miles of flying in 8 consecutive days. The plane departed towards a nearby thunderstorm in deteriorating weather. Witnesses describe the plane's climb rate and speed as slow and they observed the aircraft enter a roll consistent with a stall. The plane's gross weight was 84 pounds over the maximum limit. Pilot's improper decision to take off into deteriorating weather conditions when the airplane was overweight resulting in stall caused by failure to maintain airspeed. |
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