- Date
- August 22, 1980
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N101ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800822037479A
- Case key
- 129993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1712 80/8/22 FORT WORTH,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N101E PX- 0 1 1 DUAL AGE 61, 10025 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYCAMORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 106 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- D/A APRX 4000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sycamore
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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.