- Date
- July 21, 1975
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79090Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750721020139A
- Case key
- 149475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1864 75/7/21 HOUSTON,TX CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 57 TOTAL TIME - 2030 N79090 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLIER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PLT HAD NO RECENT NITE TIME. DIDNT RETRACT FULL FLAPS ON GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79090
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Collier
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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.