- Date
- January 1, 1976
- Place
- Mountain Home, TX · MOUNTAIN HOME, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2921YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760101001569A
- Case key
- 149891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0074 76/1/1 NR.MOUNTAIN HOME,TX CESSNA 182E CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 199 TIME - 0645 N2921Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AHRENS RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOUNTAIN HOME,TX OZONA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- SPARSE GRND LTS IN AREA. DOME LT & ROTATING BEACON WERE ON,LDG LTS OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2921Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ahrens Ranch
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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.