- Date
- January 27, 1973
- Place
- Eagle Pass, TX · EAGLE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3263LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730127000809A
- Case key
- 170071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0211 73/1/27 EAGLE PASS,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 3840 TIME - 1313 N3263L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 544 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE PASS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE PASS,TEX SAN ANTONIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eagle Pass
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.