- Date
- February 26, 1971
- Place
- Germantown, WI · GERMANTOWN, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3283RCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160769
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2871 71/2/26 GERMANTOWN,WIS CESSNA 411 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1601 N3283R PX- 1 2 0 CORP/EXEC 30, 7216 TOTAL HOURS, 230 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNEY,NEBR MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 44 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA. CRASHED 5.7NM FROM ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3283R
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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