- Date
- January 16, 1979
- Place
- Mount Judea, AR · MOUNT JUDEA, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2564LCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790116000899A
- Case key
- 137745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0169 79/1/16 NR.MOUNT JUDEA,AR CESSNA 172N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 102 TIME - 1745 N2564L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISON,AR RUSSELVILLE,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO MT SLOPE OBSC BY FOG,WX BRIEF REQSD INFO NOT AVAILABLE.RECOVERY DATE 1/21/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2564L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2564LRegistration cancelled Feb 11, 2013 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.