- Date
- November 11, 1979
- Place
- Sugarland, TX · SUGARLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21479Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791111033959A
- Case key
- 133656
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3110 79/11/11 SUGARLAND,TX CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 150 TIME - 1815 N21479 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HULL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX SUGARLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED W PWR LINES & POLE BETWEEN DESTN ARPT & PLACE OF BUSINESS.PLTS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .069%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21479
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hull
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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.