- Date
- April 15, 1971
- Place
- Iraan, TX · IRAAN, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5977FCessna 210H
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0117 71/4/15 IRAAN,TEX CESSNA 210H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 2194 TIME - 2100 N5977F PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IRAAN MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX FT STOCKTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD PULL UP CIRCLE L,SHORTLY THEREAFTER NOSED UP STEEPLY THEN DSCNDD STEEPLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5977F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Iraan Mun
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