- Date
- September 6, 1981
- Place
- Crystal City, TX · CRYSTAL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N448Cessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810906062229A
- Case key
- 123322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2617 81/9/6 NR.CRYSTAL CITY,TX CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 66, 10275 TIME - 1515 N448 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - H & F RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TX CRYSTAL CITY,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- R TIP TANK HIT HANGAR DOOR WHILE PARKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N448
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- H & F Ranch
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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.
Other investigations on N448 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW87FA174Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCrystal City, TXThe pilot landed downwind on his private strip. The exact amount of the tailwind could not be determined. A thunderstorm was located just to the east of the runway and could have readily given N448 a strong tailwind. The aircraft touched down 390 feet beyond…NTSB FTW83LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHouston, TXThe pilot stated that after a normal coupled ILS approach he broke out at about 250 ft AGL and 1/2 mile from the rwy. He disconnected the approach coupler and lined up with the rwy. He stated that during the transition from IFR to visual his rate of descent…