- Date
- August 2, 1968
- Place
- Dripping Spgs, TX · DRIPPING SPGS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4596BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2913 68/8/2 DRIPPING SPGS,TEX CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1100 TIME - 1430 N4596B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER RANCH 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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4596B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexander Ranch
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Other investigations on N4596B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN83LA201Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBusby, MTAccording to the pilot he was making a downwind landing to avoid taxiing over rough ground any farther than necessary. After touchdown he travelled about 150 yards up the runway when a gust of wind picked up the tail and he lost control ending in a ground…NTSB FTW73FPJ12Accident · No injuriesClosedChickasha, OK