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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 500CESSNA · Eagle Pass, TX · April 1, 1983

Date
April 1, 1983 · 20:00 local
Place
Eagle Pass, TX
Airport
Winn
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N700CW
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83FA175
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT15D1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft flew into ground on night VFR approach to unlighted airport. Visibility was restricted by dust.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO GROUND ON NIGHT VFR APPROACH TO UNLIGHTED AIRPORT. VISIBILITY WAS RESTRICTED BY DUST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.