- Date
- May 17, 1981
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4700DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810517026429A
- Case key
- 125779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1750 81/5/17 HOUSTON,TX CESSNA 182A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 710 TIME - 1500 N4700D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEISER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STRUCK PWR LINE & POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4700D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Weiser
N4700DRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Cessna 182AAirframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 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.