- Date
- September 4, 1970
- Place
- Escalante, UT · ESCALANTE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N92928Cessna 182N
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166285
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1658 70/9/4 NR.ESCALANTE,UT CESSNA 182N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 236 TIME - 2145 N92928 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS BRYCE CANYON,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 9500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/5/70.PLT RPRTD FLT UP TO 15300 FT.PORTABLE OXY BOTTLE RPRTD ABD ACFT WAS NOT FOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92928
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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