- Date
- March 19, 1978
- Place
- Monticello, IN · MONTICELLO, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23958Trytek 65-LA
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780319012869A
- Case key
- 142120
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1837 78/3/19 MONTICELLO,IN TRYTEK 65-LA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 550 TIME - 0930 N23958 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTICELLO,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DRIFTED INTO SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23958
- Reported as
- Trytek 65-LA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- White
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Other investigations on N23958 · 1
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