- Date
- August 15, 1965
- Place
- Sitka, AK · SITKA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2150FCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0449 65/8/15 NR.SITKA ALAS CESSNA U206 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N2150F PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 59, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 230 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2150F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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