- Date
- February 13, 1974
- Place
- Kokomo, IN · KOKOMO, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2622SCessna 337C
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740213004749A
- Case key
- 186953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0384 74/2/13 KOKOMO,IND CESSNA 337C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1917 N2622S PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 708 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KOKOMO MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOKOMO,IND FT WAYNE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DISTRACTED FM OPERATION OF ACFT WHILE CHANGING TRANSPONDER CODES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2622S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kokomo Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2622S · 1
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