- Date
- January 25, 1965
- Place
- Victoria, TX · VICTORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7262TCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0099 65/1/25 VICTORIA TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 248 TIME - 1125 N7262T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VICTORIA COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 37 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7262T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Victoria County
N7262TRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Cessna 172AAirframe modelCessna 172AEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N7262T · 1
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