- Date
- April 28, 1966
- Place
- Clewiston, FL · CLEWISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2670YCessna 180E
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172205
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1067 66/4/28 NR.CLEWISTON FLA CESSNA 180E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 6000 TIME - 1310 N2670Y PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LANDING MADE ON NARROW ROUGH ROAD WITH DIRECT CROSSWIND OF 20 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2670Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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