- Date
- August 6, 1973
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3147FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730806027399A
- Case key
- 189226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2465 73/8/6 CHICAGO,ILL CESSNA 182J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 100 TIME - 2026 N3147F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF INTO LTD SKYLINE.TURNED EAST,AS REQUIRED,INTO UNLTD VOID OVER LAKE.LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3147F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meigs
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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.