- Date
- May 2, 1980
- Place
- Orange Grove, TX · ORANGE GROVE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1543UCessna 206F
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800502011749A
- Case key
- 131150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0590 80/5/2 ORANGE GROVE,TX CESSNA 206F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2135 N1543U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 20, 338 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 36 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX ROBSTOWN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1543U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1543URegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2014 · Cessna U206FAirframe modelCessna U206FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.