- Date
- December 30, 1966
- Place
- Vicksburg, MS · VICKSBURG, MS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3191DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1072 66/12/30 NR.VICKSBURG MISS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 6000 TIME - 1830 N3191D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 858 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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 SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT WAS DESCENDING TO REMAIN VFR BELOW A FOG BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3191D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3191DRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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