- Date
- February 21, 1974
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78211Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740221004589A
- Case key
- 187067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0249 74/2/21 CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N78211 PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 32, 950 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORPUS CHRISTI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX SINTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 69 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 28 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT PREV BRIEFED BY FAA CONTROL TOWER OF STRONG GUSTY 28-36K VBL WINDS BFOR TAXYING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78211
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corpus Christi
N78211Registration cancelled Jul 27, 2010 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N78211 · 1
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