- Date
- October 9, 1981
- Place
- Orange, TX · ORANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52712Cessna 172P
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811009066359A
- Case key
- 123271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 81/10/9 NR.ORANGE,TX CESSNA 172P CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 831 TIME - 1650 N52712 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 729 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHARLES,LA LAKE CHARLES,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PIPELINE PATROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52712
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.