- Date
- April 26, 1979
- Place
- Higgins, TX · HIGGINS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XB-AVACessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0004 79/4/26 NR.HIGGINS,TX CESSNA 188 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 XB-AVA PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 23, 241 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 53 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS PAMPA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- XB-AVA
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage