- Date
- March 17, 1978
- Place
- Leitchfield, KY · LEITCHFIELD, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5615TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780317013049A
- Case key
- 142476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1221 78/3/17 LEITCHFIELD,KY CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 157 TIME - 1615 N5615T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN BOWLING GREEN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 270 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO INTENSE SNOWSHOWER,CRASHED INTO RIVER.WRECKAGE FND 3/18/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5615T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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