- Date
- November 26, 1969
- Place
- Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7271TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2944 69/11/26 SAGINAW,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N7271T PX- 1 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVER FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,TEX SAGINAW,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION DUAL STUDENT - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 137 MG PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7271T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oliver Farm
N7271TRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 172AAirframe modelCessna 172AEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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