- Date
- April 7, 1975
- Place
- Post, TX · POST, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4699LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750407009629A
- Case key
- 146843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 75/4/7 POST,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1853 TIME - 1330 N4699L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1620 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 72 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 35K.PLT STATED HE WAITED FOR WG WALKERS BUT NONE AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4699L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Post
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4699L · 1
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