- Date
- November 22, 1968
- Place
- Laingsburg, MI · LAINGSBURG, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6546ECessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4029 68/11/22 LAINGSBURG,MICH CESSNA 175 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 78 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N6546E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO DRIFT INTO TELEPHONE POLE.RT CROSSWIND 15K,GUSTS TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6546E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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