- Date
- March 30, 1974
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3348SCessna 210J
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740330011549A
- Case key
- 186149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0992 74/3/30 LAFAYETTE,IND CESSNA 210J CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 953 TIME - 1430 N3348S PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARETZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COLUMBUS,OHIO CHICAGO,ILL PORTLAND,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TOPS OF SOME BRUSH SHEARED OFF ABT 15FT AGL.ACFT NOSE GR AND R MAIN GR EMBEDDED IN GND 25FT SE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3348S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aretz
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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.