- Date
- July 30, 1965
- Place
- Langlade, WI · LANGLADE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5480EAircoupe A-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201541
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0748 65/7/30 LANGLADE WIS. AIRCOUPE A-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 270 TIME - 2045 N5480E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURED OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN WITH LIGHT GROUND FOG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5480E
- Reported as
- Aircoupe A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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