- Date
- July 17, 1968
- Place
- Nitro, WV · NITRO, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N42188Cessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4850 68/7/17 NITRO,W VA CESSNA 182L CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N42188 PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 48, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- AIR TEMP 89 DEG,POSSIBLE VAPOR LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42188
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri State
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