- Date
- September 17, 1967
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2802UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3427 67/9/17 HOUSTON,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 67 TOTAL TIME - 1520 N2802U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELCON STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SWITCH INTERMITTENT,GROUNDING OUT MAGNETOS. PN BNDIX NO.M126690-1A.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2802U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shelcon Strip
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