- Date
- December 9, 1970
- Place
- Buffalo, OK · BUFFALO, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101LLCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4372 70/12/9 BUFFALO,OKLA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 725 TIME - 1630 N101LL PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEROKEE OKLA LIBERAL KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED ON UNTIL HE HAD NO CHOICE OF LDG FLDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101LL
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo
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Other investigations on N101LL · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX95LA059Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLong Beach, CAthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft both during the landing and the attempted rejected landing maneuver.NTSB DEN77DTE30Accident · Minor injuriesClosedEnglewood, CONTSB DEN76DTC09Accident · No injuriesClosedCasper, WY