- Date
- September 21, 1977
- Place
- Alpine, TX · ALPINE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79047Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770921028099A
- Case key
- 145653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2203 77/9/21 NR.ALPINE,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1948 N79047 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 13420 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALPINE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFTS AND TURBL TO EXTENT THAT FLIGHT COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79047
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- John Bullock
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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.