- Date
- July 31, 1978
- Place
- Childress, TX · CHILDRESS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738GUCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780731018829A
- Case key
- 140463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1378 78/7/31 CHILDRESS,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 54, 62 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N738GU PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHILDRESS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHILDRESS,TX MIDLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738GU
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Childress Muni
N738GURegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2008 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.