- Date
- August 28, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal Beach, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5573GCessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850828042339A
- Case key
- 21841
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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
The plt reportedly was delivering the acft to Crystal Beach, TX, from its home base at orange county airport, TX. The pilot reportedly call the owner and told him he had bent the acft upon landing at Crystal Beach. He was told by the owner to wait at the acft and he (the owner) would be right there. Upon his arrival, the plt could not be found and his whereabouts is unknown. The circumstances and conditions surrounding the accident are also unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5573G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071073
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glynn Griffin & Wayne Rigdon
- Departed
- 20R · Orange, 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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5573G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.