- Date
- November 21, 1972
- Place
- Willisville, IL · WILLISVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9346XCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3719 72/11/21 WILLISVILLE,ILL CESSNA 182E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N9346X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT.MEYERS,FLA EAST ST.LOUIS,ILL HUNTSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BECAME LOST DUE POOR WEA.TRIED TO LND NEXT TO ROW OF LTD POLES BY RR.WG HIT POLE 25 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9346X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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