- Date
- November 10, 1973
- Place
- Zapata, TX · ZAPATA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4341QCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731110035199A
- Case key
- 188308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3201 73/11/10 NR.ZAPATA,TEX CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 343 TIME - 0800 N4341Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX ZAPATA,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT ATMPTD LNDG ON GRAVL RD-90 DEG CRSWND TCHDN LONG HIT BRUSH ON BOTH SIDES OF RD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4341Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.