- Date
- November 3, 1979
- Place
- Spring Creek, TX · SPRING CREEK, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5773BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791103042069I
- Case key
- 133218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3357 79/11/3 SPRING CREEK,TX CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 418 TIME - 1415 N5773B PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRING CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING CREEK,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT STATED-TOUCHED DWN 20-25 DEG OFF RWY HEADING & COLLIDED W DITCH & TREELINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5773B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spring Creek
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5773B · 1
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