- Date
- November 11, 1981
- Place
- Canadian, TX · CANADIAN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3135TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3133 81/11/11 NR.CANADIAN,TX CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 409 TIME - 1245 N3135T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OZARK,AR TUCUMCARI,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3135T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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