- Date
- August 24, 1973
- Place
- Seguin, TX · SEGUIN, TX
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3015TCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730824027259A
- Case key
- 188850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3341 73/8/24 SEGUIN,TEX CESSNA 320 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N3015T PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 47, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW BRAUNFELS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEGUIN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLT TO CHARGE BAT.DEMO PLT FEATH R ENG RESTRT OK UN RESTART L ENG.GR DWN UN CONT FLT-CRASH LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3015T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Braunfels
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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.