- Date
- January 30, 1980
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N221FBCessna R172
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800130002009A
- Case key
- 132207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0052 80/1/30 EL PASO,TX CESSNA R172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 395 TIME - 1303 N221FB PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL PASO INT'L DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MILITARY FLIGHT PLAN FILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N221FB
- Reported as
- Cessna R172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Paso Int'L
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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.
Other investigations on N221FB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.