- Date
- May 31, 1965
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3126UCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0448 65/5/31 INDIANAPOLIS IND CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 533 TIME - 0621 N3126U PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 378 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR-COOK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT ALLOW ADEQUATE INTERVAL BEHIND LANDING CONSTELLATION AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3126U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Weir-Cook
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