- Date
- March 1, 1969
- Place
- Lowake, TX · LOWAKE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2527SCessna 337C
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190838
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0463 69/3/1 LOWAKE,TEX CESSNA 337C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1907 N2527S PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 3208 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWAKE INN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HEAD WIND 15K GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2527S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lowake Inn
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