- Date
- April 21, 1976
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80327Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760421008689A
- Case key
- 152937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0773 76/4/21 ALEXANDRIA,LA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 333 TIME - 1850 N80327 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDLER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX ALEXANDRIA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED REMARKS- MISTOOK PLOWED FLD FOR ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80327
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chandler Field
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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.