- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Groom, TX · GROOM, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3249TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717021239A
- Case key
- 154271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1907 76/7/17 GROOM,TX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 440 TIME - 1650 N3249T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GROOM,TX HEREFORD,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE 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 84 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3249T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.