- Date
- November 27, 1964
- Place
- Uvalde, TX · UVALDE, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7857XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1002 64/11/27 UVALDE TEX CESSNA 172B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 218 TIME - 0627 N7857X PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARNER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS GROUND FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 62 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT DIED FROM CRASH INJURIES 10 DAYS LATER, DID NOT REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7857X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garner Field
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