- Date
- June 25, 1969
- Place
- Great Falls, MT · GREAT FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8847TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1795 69/6/25 GREAT FALLS,MONT CESSNA 182C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 696 TIME - 1547 N8847T PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ATTITUDE REFERENCE INSTS BECAME UNRELIABLE DURING IFR FLT,CAUSE UNDTRMND.APRX 250LBS OVER GROSS WT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8847T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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