- Date
- January 19, 1975
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N61548Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750119000669A
- Case key
- 146927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0136 75/1/19 FORT WORTH,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 191 TIME - 1020 N61548 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS FORT WORTH,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2900 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 48 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 34 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- GUSTING TO 45K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61548
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meacham Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N61548 · 2
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