- Date
- December 1, 1979
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N10412Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791201037799A
- Case key
- 132885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3908 79/12/1 GARY,IN CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1134 TIME - 1735 N10412 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 434 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANKAKEE,IL GARY,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACCEPTED INST APCH.NO PLATES FOUND.HISTORY OF OPERATING VFR IN IFR CONDS.CRASHED INTO HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10412
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gary
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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.