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NOUS55 KREV 080101
OAVREV
NOTIFICATION REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
501 PM PST THU FEB 7 2013
FROM: ALEXANDER HOON, SENIOR FORECASTER, WFO RENO, NV
SUBJECT: AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT, 10 MILES EAST OF MINDEN, NV, 02/06/2013
EVENT: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MINDEN AIRPORT ON 2/6 AT 1700PST FOR
LOCAL FLIGHT. BASED ON RADAR DATA, AIRCRAFT BELIEVED TO
HAVE CRASHED AT 1710PST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING
THE MORNING OF 2/7. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT
APPROXIMATELY 1440PST ON 2/7 IN THE PINENUT MOUNTAINS AT THE
9,000 FOOT LEVEL, 10 MILES EAST OF MINDEN. SUBSTANTIAL
DAMAGE AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED.
INCIDENT TIME...0110 UTC
PILOT...........UNKNOWN
ACFT TYPE.......CESSNA C172
REG NMBR........N328SP
DEATHS: 1
INJURIES: 0
OBSERVATION: CARSON CITY AIRPORT
METAR KCXP 070055Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 08/M07 A3006 RMK AO2
METAR KCXP 070155Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 06/M07 A3007 RMK AO2
TAF: RNOTAFCXP
KCXP 062322Z 0700/0724 07007KT P6SM FEW200
FM070200 VRB04KT P6SM SCT200
FM071200 22007KT P6SM FEW120 BKN180
FM071900 25013G24KT P6SM FEW060 BKN100
WINDS ALOFT: REV 070000 SOUNDING
SURFACE WIND 05003KT
6000 FT WIND 09505KT
7000 FT WIND 14006KT
8000 FT WIND 20008KT
9000 FT WIND 23514KT
12000 FT WIND 28016KT
13000 FT WIND 28524KT
14000 FT WIND 28524KT
16000 FT WIND 26016KT
18000 FT WIND 26520KT
IN FLIGHT
ADVYS:N/A
COMMENTS: NONE.
SYSTEM: ALL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY
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