- Date
- July 22, 1966
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2676XCessna P206A
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0626 66/7/22 OPA LOCKA FLA CESSNA P206A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 51 TOTAL TIME - 2012 N2676X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 15000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DARK OVERCAST NIGHT.ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO ENTER A DIVE AND CRASH IN A DARK SPARSELY LIGHTED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2676X
- Reported as
- Cessna P206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Opa Locka
N2676XRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2018 · Cessna P206AAirframe modelCessna P206AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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