- Date
- April 8, 1966
- Place
- Lafollette, TN · LAFOLLETTE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4184YCessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0365 66/4/8 NR.LAFOLLETTE TENN CESSNA 185A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 5347 TIME - 1620 N4184Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1649 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) 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 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/10/66.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4184Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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