- Date
- November 20, 1965
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM · SANTA FE, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3081YCessna 182E
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0958 65/11/20 SANTA FE N.MEX. CESSNA 182E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 62, TIME - 1900 N3081Y PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA FE CO MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-11/21/65.PILOT TURNED TOWARD DARK UNLIGHTED AREA AFTER TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3081Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Santa Fe Co Muni
N3081YRegistration cancelled Jun 10, 1976 · Cessna 182EAirframe modelCessna 182EEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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