- Date
- April 21, 1968
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6348ACessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2111 68/4/21 NR.GALLUP,N MEX CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 263 TIME - 2000 N6348A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.14 PCT. RECOVERY DATE 4/22/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6348A
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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