- Date
- May 25, 1974
- Place
- Imperial, TX · IMPERIAL, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3798DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740525014579A
- Case key
- 125905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1173 74/5/25 IMPERIAL,TEX CESSNA 182A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1210 N3798D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 3200 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IMPERIAL,TEX MIDLAND,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF FRM ROAD,600FT USABLE.HIT 30FT PWR LINES APRX 140FT PAST DEP END OF ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.