- Date
- July 25, 1973
- Place
- Iowa Park, TX · IOWA PARK, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7117TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730725021349A
- Case key
- 189671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1688 73/7/25 IOWA PARK,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 270 TIME - 1935 N7117T PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA PARK,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT FORGOT 2ND PWR LINE,HAD CLRD 1ST LINE. TE TO AVOID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7117T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Valley
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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.