- Date
- March 16, 1980
- Place
- Decatur, AR · DECATUR, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3786UCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800316006939A
- Case key
- 131885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0437 80/3/16 NR.DECATUR,AR CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1500 TIME - 1930 N3786U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EXCELSIOR SPGS,MO DECATUR,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- SVR TURB SHRT FNL, ACFT STRK VASI LGTS. THRSTMS IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3786U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal Lake
N3786URegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Cessna 182GAirframe modelCessna 182GEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N3786U · 2
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