- Date
- March 7, 1981
- Place
- Ozona, TX · OZONA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N77079Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810307010599A
- Case key
- 126896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0497 81/3/7 NR.OZONA,TX CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1845 N77079 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERRY RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OZONA,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ATMPTD TAXI W T/W OFF GND,ACFT OVER-ROTATED,PLT APPLIED BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77079
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Perry Ranch
N77079Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2021 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 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.