- Date
- August 10, 1970
- Place
- Aspermont, TX · ASPERMONT, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73051Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110792
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3218 70/8/10 ASPERMONT,TEX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 257 TIME - 0815 N73051 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASPERMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCAMEY,TEX ASPERMONT,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN LOCATE ARPT-LNDD ON ROAD BTWN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73051
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aspermont
N73051Registration cancelled Mar 20, 2018 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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