- Date
- March 3, 1975
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8401ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750303003599A
- Case key
- 147916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0325 75/3/3 BROWNSVILLE,TX CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 369 TIME - 0840 N8401Z PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNSVILLE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TX VERA CRUZ,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 L MAG WIRE GROUNDED P LEAD OF R MAG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8401Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brownsville Intl
N8401ZRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Cessna 210-5(205)Airframe modelCessna 210-5(205)Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.