- Date
- September 20, 1980
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX · NEW BRAUNFELS, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70386Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800920042229A
- Case key
- 128950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2512 80/9/20 NEW BRAUNFELS,TX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N70386 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N.BRAUNFELS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN MARCOS,TX NEW BRAUNFELS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- ACFT DEPTD RWY INTO PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70386
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- N.Braunfels Muni
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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.