- Date
- January 28, 1975
- Place
- Columbus, IN · COLUMBUS, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79251Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750128015039A
- Case key
- 148084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1189 75/1/28 COLUMBUS,IN CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 496 TIME - 2009 N79251 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 154 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKALAR MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,IL COLUMBUS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 012875.DSCNDD BLO MDA STRUCK WIRES ABT 1.45 MILES E OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79251
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bakalar Muni
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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.