- Date
- July 17, 1972
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3758DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2485 72/7/17 SWEETWATER,TEX CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 3100 TIME - 1745 N3758D PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWEETWATER,TEX MIDLAND TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PILOT HIT LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON POST REMOVING IT FROM A/C. TAKEOFF FROM PAVED HIGHWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3758D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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