- Date
- December 10, 1976
- Place
- Temple, TX · TEMPLE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3091YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761210041829A
- Case key
- 156660
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3873 76/12/10 TEMPLE,TX CESSNA 182E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 360 TIME - 2000 N3091Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEMPLE MUNICIPLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TAYLOR,TX AMERILLO,TX TEMPLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT FOUND IN LAKE BELTON - 12/12/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3091Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Temple Municiple
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3091Y · 1
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