- Date
- January 21, 1979
- Place
- Refugio, TX · REFUGIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8001ZCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790121001289A
- Case key
- 137699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0125 79/1/21 REFUGIO,TX CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 525 TIME - 2220 N8001Z PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROOKE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REFUGIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL STEERING PUSH ROD BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8001Z
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rooke Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8001Z · 1
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