- Date
- August 15, 1972
- Place
- Brownsburg, IN · BROWNSBURG, IN
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N92004Cessna 182M
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3420 72/8/15 BROWNSBURG,IND CESSNA 182M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 439 TIME - 0655 N92004 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IND LA CROSSE,WIS 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 71 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FILED IFR CLNC,BUT CLNC WASNT ACTIVATED. LOST CTL IN BLO MINIMUM WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92004
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brownsburg
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