- Date
- July 25, 1965
- Place
- 2e Chelsea, OK · 2E CHELSEA, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7031ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0753 65/7/25 2E CHELSEA OKLA CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 130 TIME - 0355 N7031A PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- NO INDICATION PILOT HAD FLOWN AT NIGHT BEFORE ACCIDENT.TERRAIN WAS DARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7031A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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