- Date
- September 12, 1980
- Place
- Alto, TX · ALTO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1672Messersnipe PT-101
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800912040579A
- Case key
- 127781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2964 80/9/12 ALTO,TX MESSERSNIPE PT-101 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 605 TIME - 1600 N1672 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULFPORT,MS WACO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- HIT TERRACE COVERED WITH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1672
- Reported as
- Messersnipe PT-101
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1672Registration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Messersnipe PT 101Airframe modelMessersnipe PT 101Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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.