- Date
- May 25, 1966
- Place
- Lake City, FL · LAKE CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8701GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0448 66/5/25 LAKE CITY FLA CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 207 TIME - 2200 N8701G PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 2 ACFT X-COUNTRY NIGHT TRNG FLT.FLT INSTR IN OTHER ACFT.CRASHED IN UNINHABITED OKEFENOKEE SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8701G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8701GRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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