- Date
- April 19, 1971
- Place
- Buda, IL · BUDA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3137TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161051
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1220 71/4/19 BUDA,ILL CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 448 TIME - 1920 N3137T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKOGEE,OKLA PRINCETON,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL NOT CKD BY PLT AFT REFUELING. UN FIND UNLIGHTED ARPT DUE HAZE,DUSK. ATMTD REACH LIGHTED ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3137T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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