- Date
- October 28, 1971
- Place
- Bossier City, LA · BOSSIER CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5168UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3844 71/10/28 BOSSIER CITY,LA CESSNA 206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0849 N5168U PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 65, 13800 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHREVEPORT DOWNTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSSIER CITY,LA ALEXANDRIA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 SCATTERED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO 270 FT RADIO ANTENNA TWR PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY FOG. DMG TO BLDG ROOF AND 2 CARS ALSO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5168U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shreveport Downto
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