- Date
- March 29, 1967
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2779DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1041 67/3/29 ROCKFORD,ILL CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 69, 736 TIME - 0807 N2779D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 431 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN VFR STRUCK POWER LINES SUSPENDED 50-80 FT ABV GROUND.PLT CONT. TO DEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2779D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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