Cessna 172P N63930

Summary

On 4 August 1992 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N63930, operated by Koch Industries, Inc., was involved in an accident near Breckenridge, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 August 1992 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Breckenridge, Texas, United States

Coordinates

32.7499, -98.9099

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N63930

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Koch Industries, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

FTW92FA201

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING ALONG THE PIPELINE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE WHAT HE HAD THOUGHT WAS A POSSIBLE LEAK. HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOCATE THE LEAK AND FINALLY RADIOED TO THE REPAIR CREWS ON THE GROUND TO GO TO THEIR NEXT JOB. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE CIRCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND FLEW LOWER EACH TIME. DURING THE LAST PASS, THE AIRPLANE WAS BELOW THE TREE LINE AND MADE A CLIMBING LEFT TURN WITH AN 'ACUTE ANGLE UP' JUST PRIOR TO THE DESCENT TO IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.