- Date
- November 17, 1968
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3436QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4814 68/11/17 PONTIAC,MICH CESSNA 320E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1488 TIME - 1845 N3436Q PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 315 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APPCH MINIMUMS AT NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3436Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pontiac
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