- Date
- October 21, 1964
- Place
- Van, TX · VAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8233BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0593 64/10/21 VAN TEXAS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1300 TIME - 1820 N8233B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: PROTECTIVE DEVICES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- LANDING ATTEMPTED IN NEAR DARKNESS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8233B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8233BRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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