- Date
- February 23, 1980
- Place
- Alvarado, TX · ALVARADO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29653Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800223003919A
- Case key
- 132324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0163 80/2/23 ALVARADO,TX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 530 TIME - 1600 N29653 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 167 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUSCOMBE ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALVARADO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY REMARKS- TKOF FRM SOFT SOD RWY WITH UPSLOPE GRADIENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29653
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Luscombe Acres
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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.