- Date
- May 10, 1980
- Place
- Bay City, TX · BAY CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3996DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800510013199A
- Case key
- 131155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0596 80/5/10 BAY CITY,TX CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 340 TIME - 1050 N3996D PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 223 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX BROWNSVILLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - REDUCTION GEAR ASSEMBLY: GEARS,ACCESSORY DRIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ROAD GRADER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3996D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3996D · 1
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