Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 01 ABR 1983 |
| Hora: | 20:00 |
| Tipo: | Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Operador: | Winn Exploration |
| Registración: | N700CW |
| Numéro de série: | 500-0205 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 3440 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT15D-1 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 5 km (3.1 milles) de Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Ejecutivo |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Corpus Christi International Airport, TX (CRP/KCRP), Estados Unidos de América |
| Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX, Estados Unidos de América |
Descended too low while trying to land at a private ranch landing strip at night. Struck the ground in a left bank, bounced, slid for 663 feet, hit a tree covered canal levee and burned.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
proper altitude..not maintained..pilot in command
weather evaluation..poor..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
light condition..dark night
terrain condition..dirt bank/rising embankment
weather condition..obscuration Fuentes:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Corpus Christi International Airport, TX to Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX as the crow flies is 265 km (166 miles).
Distance from Corpus Christi International Airport, TX to Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX as the crow flies is 265 km (166 miles).
