- Date
- July 27, 1968
- Place
- Danbury, TX · DANBURY, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2885XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2585 68/7/27 DANBURY,TEX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1920 N2885X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARRETT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2885X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Garrett