- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N735NZCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4356 78/8/29 KETCHIKAN,AK CESSNA 182Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR TIME - 1510 N735NZ PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK WRANGLE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- HIT MTN 2200FT MSL 2MI EAST OF DEPARTURE COURSE.RECOVERY DATE 9/1/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735NZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ketchikan Intl
N735NZRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna 182QAirframe modelCessna 182QEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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