- Date
- June 18, 1972
- Place
- Smiley, TX · SMILEY, TX
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9077GCessna 182N
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1247 72/6/18 SMILEY,TEX CESSNA 182N CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2600 TIME - 0150 N9077G PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARLINGEN,TEX AUSTIN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE REMARKS- MENTALLY DISTURBED PAX IN REAR SEAT SHOT PLT TWICE. SUICIDE EVIDENCE FOUND BY POLICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9077G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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