- Date
- October 9, 1966
- Place
- Hudson, MI · HUDSON, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8984KStinson 108-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121015
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1165 66/10/9 HUDSON,MICH STINSON 108-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 91 TOTAL TIME - 2026 N8984K PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HESSEL,MICH CIRCLEVILLE,OHIO FINDLEY,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN AND OUT OF CLDS,TURN AND DSCND.STRUCK PWR LINE APRX 42FT AGL.TSTM IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8984K
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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