- Date
- July 21, 1966
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX · GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8261UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3417 66/7/21 GRAND PRAIRIE TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N8261U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1107 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND PRAIRIE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8261U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Prairie
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