- Date
- October 19, 1978
- Place
- Pilot Point, TX · PILOT POINT, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8186UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781019034969A
- Case key
- 139066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3204 78/10/19 PILOT POINT,TX CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 53 TOTAL TIME - 1210 N8186U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FISHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PILOT POINT,TX N.RICHLAND HILLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT MAIN TIRE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8186U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fisher
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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.