- Date
- February 10, 1979
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7875GCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790210002699A
- Case key
- 137689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0034 79/2/10 DALLAS,TX CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 95 TOTAL TIME - 1115 N7875G PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADDISON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PROP TIP SEPARATED IN FLT.CONCRETE SEWER PIPE HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7875G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- 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.