- Date
- April 8, 1966
- Place
- Dayton, OH · DAYTON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2900DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0429 66/4/8 DAYTON OHIO CESSNA 170B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 183 TIME - 2133 N2900D PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTON MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2900D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dayton Municipal
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