- Date
- October 28, 1971
- Place
- Kit Carson, CO · KIT CARSON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3902HErco 415-CD
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4341 71/10/28 KIT CARSON,COLO ERCO 415-CD CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 339 TIME - 0615 N3902H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 296 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHARON SPRINGS,KANS AURORA,COLO 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) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT IN L TURN 1/2MI S OF HWY DSCNDD,INTO RISING TRRN.CEIL IN AREA EST 500FT,VIS 1MI FOG AND HAZE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3902H
- Reported as
- Erco 415-CD
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3902HRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 1972 · Engineering & Research 415-CDAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-CD
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