- Date
- November 8, 1965
- Place
- Chardon, OH · CHARDON, OH
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3207YCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0993 65/11/8 CHARDON OHIO CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 228 TIME - 1813 N3207Y PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 171 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS RAIN SHOWERS VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PAX.PILOTS WIFE INST RATED PRIVATE CERTIFICATE,168 HRS IN MODEL,268 TOTAL HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3207Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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