- Date
- August 19, 1975
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4004QCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750819039599A
- Case key
- 150422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3693 75/8/19 AUSTIN,TX CESSNA 401 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 705 TIME - 0801 N4004Q PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT MUELLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HAD NO SOLO TIME IN TYPE ACFT. UN COMP 2 PREV APCHS. ACFT HIT HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4004Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Robert Mueller
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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.