- Date
- October 20, 1970
- Place
- Watertown, WI · WATERTOWN, WI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6765TCessna 310D
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2765 70/10/20 WATERTOWN,WIS CESSNA 310D CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1650 N6765T PX- 2 0 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 53, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE RIVER,WIS BURLINGTON,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE CAUSING A BLACK OUT EXISTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6765T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Watertown Muni
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