- Date
- February 9, 1973
- Place
- Premont, TX · PREMONT, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3261TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730209003139A
- Case key
- 169596
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0070 73/2/9 PREMONT,TEX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 620 TIME - 1610 N3261T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEELIGSON STORM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CLIFTON,TEX FALFURRIAS,TEX TAYLOR,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R TANK APRX HALF FULL,FUEL SEL BOTH PSN,NO FUEL IN SUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3261T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seeligson Storm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3261T · 1
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