- Date
- August 11, 1978
- Place
- Weslaco, TX · WESLACO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2390XCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780811026359A
- Case key
- 140200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2451 78/8/11 WESLACO,TX CESSNA 182H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 2223 TIME - 1500 N2390X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESLACO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2390X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mid Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2390X · 1
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