- Date
- August 12, 1971
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3536SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162664
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1944 71/8/12 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 175 TIME - 1545 N3536S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTERREY,MEX CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER 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 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN DVFR REMARKS- WIND VBL 120-160 DEG GUSTING TO 22K. DMGD R WG AND PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3536S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Christi
N3536SRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.