- Date
- June 16, 1973
- Place
- Plainfield, IL · PLAINFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6258ACessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730616020149A
- Case key
- 190265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1585 73/6/16 PLAINFIELD,ILL CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 892 TIME - 1450 N6258A PX- 0 0 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 406 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HICKLEY,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES DUST 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 26 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR TURB APRX 1000FT AGL.PLT ELECTED TO LND AT ARPT APRX 12MI E.WIND GUSTING 36K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6258A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nelson
N6258ARegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna 182Airframe modelCessna 182Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.
Other investigations on N6258A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.