- Date
- May 9, 1965
- Place
- Mabank, TX · MABANK, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4841DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0694 65/5/9 NR.MABANK TEX CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 600 TIME - 1645 N4841D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 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 - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TORNADO WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM, RAIN TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-5/10/65.ALEXANDRIA FSS DID WOT FURNISH PILOT SIGMENT C3.ACFT CRASHED IN TSTM OR TRND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4841D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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