- Date
- October 18, 1979
- Place
- Tyler, TX · TYLER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4697KCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791018032639A
- Case key
- 133307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3670 79/10/18 TYLER,TX CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 1522 TIME - 1945 N4697K PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 981 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TYLER,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXH VALVE ROCKER ARM SHAFT BOSSES SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4697K
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- 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.