- Date
- February 4, 1978
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8742QCessna TU206F
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780204008219A
- Case key
- 143403
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0751 78/2/4 NR.BIG SPRING,TX CESSNA TU206F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N8742Q PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT STOLEN 4/25/77.FOUND ABANDONED 2/4/78,INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8742Q
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8742QRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Cessna TU206FAirframe modelCessna TU206FEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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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.