- Date
- June 6, 1980
- Place
- Sweetwater, TX · SWEETWATER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3307RCessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800606018489A
- Case key
- 131225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0578 80/6/6 NR.SWEETWATER,TX CESSNA 182L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 275 TIME - 1200 N3307R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SWEETWATER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX SWEETWATER,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- ACFT ENCTRD D/DRAFTS ON SHT FINAL, T/D 100 FT RT OF RWY. ACFT STRK DITCH DRNG TAXI TO PAVEMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3307R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sweetwater Muni
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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.