- Date
- March 31, 1973
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8243QCessna 414
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730331007529A
- Case key
- 170360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0648 73/3/31 AUSTIN,TEX CESSNA 414 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4100 TIME - 1400 N8243Q PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POINT VENTURE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX AUSTIN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT APPLIED HVY BRAKES LATE BLEW L TIRE VEERED L TO RWY SHOULDER ON ROCKS COLLAPSED L LDG GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8243Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Point Venture
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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.