- Date
- October 8, 1981
- Place
- Flat, TX · FLAT, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52070Cessna 172P
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811008065829A
- Case key
- 122560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3384 81/10/8 NR.FLAT,TX CESSNA 172P CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2246 N52070 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1405 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX FLAT,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BFR FLT,PLT TOLD FRIEND THAT SHE WAS TIRED.PLT HAD FLOWN 8HRS & HAD GIVEN UNK AMT OF GND INSTRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52070
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Draughton-Miller
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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.