- Date
- May 7, 1980
- Place
- Pecos, TX · PECOS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3218SCessna 182G
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800507012489A
- Case key
- 131114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0545 80/5/7 PECOS,TX CESSNA 182G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2450 TIME - 2245 N3218S PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PECOS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT OBSD IN LOW ALT AEROBATIC MNVRS AT NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3218S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.