- Date
- July 22, 1979
- Place
- Westlaco, TX · WESTLACO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49818Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790722016809A
- Case key
- 135236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1712 79/7/22 WESTLACO,TX CESSNA 152 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 131 TIME - 1015 N49818 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALICE,TX WESTLACO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK NEWLY PAVED ST FOR RNWY.HIT ST SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49818
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mid Valley
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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.