- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Uvalde, TX · UVALDE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N736TNCessna R172K
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790314006069A
- Case key
- 137524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0501 79/3/14 UVALDE,TX CESSNA R172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 181 TIME - 0615 N736TN PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX DEL RIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736TN
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garner Field
N736TNRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna R172KAirframe modelCessna R172KEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.