- Date
- December 13, 1971
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5203ACessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4218 71/12/13 SAN ANTONIO,TEX CESSNA 310 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N5203A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 55, 4680 TOTAL HOURS, ALL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX SAN ANTONIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- CLRD FOR ILS APCH,DSCNDD BLO MDA,HIT TREES 1 1/2MI SHORT OF RWY.ACFT NOT EQPD WITH G/S RCVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5203A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
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