- Date
- December 18, 1972
- Place
- Bedford, TX · BEDFORD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3319SCessna 210J
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3745 72/12/18 BEDFORD,TEX CESSNA 210J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1200 TIME - 1845 N3319S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR SOUTHWEST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STONE MOUNTAIN,GA LANCASTER,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- STRONG VERT WIND SHEAR BLO 3000 FT.MISSED APCHS ON ILS & NO GYRO ASR BLO MIN APCH.DESCND BLO MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3319S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grtr Southwest
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