- Date
- January 26, 1973
- Place
- Marion, IL · MARION, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1582UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730126003229A
- Case key
- 169973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0282 73/1/26 MARION,ILL CESSNA 207 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N1582U PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 33, 2094 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,OHIO MARION,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL 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 - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 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 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA ON VOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1582U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.