- Date
- January 17, 1974
- Place
- Cotulla, TX · COTULLA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N984WASiai-Marche S.205
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740117003359A
- Case key
- 187055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0237 74/1/17 NR.COTULLA,TEX SIAI-MARCHE S.205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 303 TIME - 1430 N984WA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTULLA,TEX FREER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED 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 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- X-WIND LDG ON FARM ROAD. VEERD RT/HIT ROAD SIGN,TELEPHONE POLE AND FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N984WA
- Reported as
- Siai-Marche S.205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N984WARegistration cancelled Apr 24, 1974 · Siai-Marchetti S.205/22RAirframe modelSiai-Marchetti S.205/22R
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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.