- Date
- August 29, 1969
- Place
- Salt Flat, TX · SALT FLAT, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42981Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2486 69/8/29 NR.SALT FLAT,TEX CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 75, 935 TIME - 0915 N42981 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABILENE,TEX EL PASO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/10/69. STRUCK MNTN COVERED BY CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42981
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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