- Date
- April 15, 1972
- Place
- Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8270ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1503 72/4/15 ABILENE,TEX CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 560 TIME - 1146 N8270Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 213 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABILENE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TEX ABILENE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 74 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 23 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD RWY 35R,WIND FROM 290 DEGS.HAD ROLLED ABT 4000 FT PRIOR CTL LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8270Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abilene Muni
N8270ZRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 210-5Airframe modelCessna 210-5Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8270Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.