- Date
- April 18, 1970
- Place
- Flatonia, TX · FLATONIA, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3302RCessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1282 70/4/18 NR.FLATONIA,TEX CESSNA 182L CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2330 N3302R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 354 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,ALA SAN ANTONIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/19/70. CONT INTO AREA OF KNOWN TSTMS,HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3302R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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