- Date
- July 15, 1974
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3694SCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740715023579A
- Case key
- 130238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2173 74/7/15 MIDLAND,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1735 N3694S PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TEX MCCAMEY,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 97 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STDNT PLT CLDNT MNTN ALT AFTR TKOF.7 LB UNDR MX GRS WT.20 DEG FLAP,10 FLAP MAX RECND.TEMP 97 DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3694S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland Airpark
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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.