- Date
- February 18, 1968
- Place
- Parker, AZ · PARKER, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3279TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0549 68/2/18 PARKER,ARIZ CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 100 TIME - 0945 N3279T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARKER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT ENCOUNTERED A DUST DEVIL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RNWY STRIKING BRUSH AND ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3279T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Parker
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Other investigations on N3279T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX85LA109Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFullerton, CAOn landing, the acft porpoised after it touched down long & fast. A go-around was attempted, but too late, & the acft struck a fence at the end of the rwy. The owner of the acft a pre-solo student pilot, was a passenger. The 'pilot' left the scene & could not…NTSB LAX70F0030Accident · No injuriesClosedWildomar, CA