- Date
- January 8, 1968
- Place
- Tanana, AK · TANANA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7921VCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111849
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0343 68/1/8 TANANA,ALAS CESSNA 180H CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2256 TIME - 1611 N7921V PX- 1 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 952 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TANANA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 0 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT ATTEMPTED NITE FLT IN IFR CONDITIONS.CARBON MONOXIDE 12PCT NOT CAUSAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7921V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tanana
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