- Date
- March 5, 1970
- Place
- Jellico, TN · JELLICO, TN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3119UCessna 182S
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0097 70/3/5 JELLICO,TENN CESSNA 182S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 575 TIME - 1525 N3119U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WASHINGTON,OHIO TAMPA,FLA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT FLEW UNDER OVERCAST IN MOUNTAINOUS,CLOUD COVERED TERRAIN.ENTERED FOG BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3119U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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