- Date
- June 13, 1982, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9419BCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820613022149A
- Case key
- 70719
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a go-around the aircraft's engine quit. The pilot attempted an off-airport emergency landing; however, collided with bushes and nosed over. Investigation revealed there was a minimum amount of fuel onboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9419B
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55219
- Airframe hours
- 3,525
- Engine
- Continental GO-300A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph B. Copeland
- Registered owner
- James C. Thompson
- Departed
- CGI · Cape Girardeau, MO
- Destination
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,728 total · 259 in this make and model · 1,485 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.