- Date
- May 22, 1965
- Place
- Sabinal, TX · SABINAL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2271CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1585 65/5/22 SABINAL TEX CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 322 TIME - 1600 N2271C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2271C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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