- Date
- April 7, 1972
- Place
- Pearsall, TX · PEARSALL, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8643UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0933 72/4/7 PEARSALL,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 250 TIME - 1845 N8643U PX- 0 0 1 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- TWO BALES OF MARIJUANA FOUND IN AIRCRAFT BY CUSTOMS AGENTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8643U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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