- Date
- September 14, 1966
- Place
- Hanksville, UT · HANKSVILLE, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2661YCessna 180E
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2628 66/9/14 NR.HANKSVILLE UT CESSNA 180E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1545 TIME - 0810 N2661Y PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 499 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 165 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PILOT WAS LOOKING FOR ANTELOPE WHILE FLYING OVER RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2661Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N2661Y · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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