- Date
- April 13, 1971
- Place
- Ionia, MI · IONIA, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N42241Cessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1185 71/4/13 IONIA,MICH CESSNA 182L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 34 TOTAL TIME - 0020 N42241 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IONIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IONIA,MICH UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT WAS BRIEFED TSTMS ALONG ENTIRE ROUTE. RECOVERY DATE 4/18/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42241
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ionia County
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