- Date
- June 3, 1970
- Place
- Bloomington, IN · BLOOMINGTON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3416RCessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122924
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2168 70/6/3 BLOOMINGTON,IND CESSNA 182L CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0528 N3416R PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 39, 2145 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 78 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC BLOOMINGTON,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MDA 1720FT MSL,ARPT ELEV 847FT MSL.HIT TREES APRX 1000FT MSL ALONG APCH PATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3416R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Monroe County
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