- Date
- January 21, 1967
- Place
- Buchanon Dam, TX · BUCHANON DAM, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7921UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119279
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0175 67/1/21 BUCHANON DAM,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 725 TIME - 1500 N7921U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMP LONGHORN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7921U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Camp Longhorn
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Other investigations on N7921U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MKC86LA097Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportVan Buren, MOThe pilot states that he had been advised of utility lines on both ends of the airstrip, and that several aircraft had previously experienced landing problems there. He further states that as he initiated a go-around he was caught in a downdraft he could not…NTSB FTW69D0404Accident · No injuriesClosedShallowater, TX