- Date
- March 18, 1977
- Place
- Mangum, OK · MANGUM, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735ABCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0381 77/3/18 MANGUM,OK CESSNA 182Q CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 191 TIME - 1800 N735AB PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANGUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PAMPA,TX MANGUM,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DUE TO STRONG CROSS WIND PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735AB
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mangum
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