- Date
- October 24, 1971
- Place
- Orrville, OH · ORRVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4149TCessna 320D
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3832 71/10/24 ORRVILLE,OHIO CESSNA 320D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 714 TIME - 1719 N4149T PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLATTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST CTL DURING LETDOWN THRU OCST. UNDER ARTC CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4149T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blatter
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