- Date
- April 16, 1978
- Place
- Brownwood, TX · BROWNWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7751TCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780416007799A
- Case key
- 142164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0663 78/4/16 BROWNWOOD,TX CESSNA 172A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 285 TIME - 1800 N7751T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMP BOWIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNWOOD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT OBSERVING RADIO-CONTROLLED ACFT NEAR RWY WHEN RT WING HIT POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7751T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Camp Bowie
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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.