- Date
- September 14, 1969
- Place
- Pottsboro, TX · POTTSBORO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5566CCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3948 69/9/14 POTTSBORO,TEX CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 4325 TIME - 1145 N5566C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 336 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TANGLEWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADDISON,TEX POTTSBORO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5566C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tanglewood
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