| Date: | Friday 1 April 1983 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | Winn Exploration |
| Registration: | N700CW |
| MSN: | 500-0205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3440 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km from Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Corpus Christi International Airport, TX (CRP/KCRP) |
| Eagle Pass-Winn Airfield, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Sources:
NTSB
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