- Date
- July 5, 1979
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N739HYCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790705015039A
- Case key
- 135234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1709 79/7/5 AUSTIN,TX CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1830 N739HY PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 32, 3948 TOTAL HOURS, 301 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- SKIBOAT STRUCK R HORIZONTAL STABILIZER,ELEVATOR OF ACFT.ACFT EQUIPPED W FLOATS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739HY
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.