- Date
- November 23, 1973
- Place
- Enid, OK · ENID, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5083ECessna 180B
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731123038959A
- Case key
- 187639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3413 73/11/23 ENID,OKLA CESSNA 180B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 14800 TIME - 1840 N5083E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGFISHER,OKLA WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BELIEVED ATTMPTG TO LND IN POOR WEA. HI SPEED IMPACT. RECOVERED 11/24/73 NEXT TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5083E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woodring Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5083E · 1
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