- Date
- April 18, 1980
- Place
- Dell City, TX · DELL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7124GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800418009179A
- Case key
- 131233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0587 80/4/18 DELL CITY,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 4143 TIME - 1230 N7124G PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX ODESSA,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - SANDY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7124G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7124GRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.