- Date
- March 23, 1969
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8372SCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190814
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0413 69/3/23 CHATTANOOGA,TENN CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 138 TIME - 2230 N8372S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO DETERIORATING WEA,SEVERE TURB AT NITE. NO HORIZON. TURB WAS NOT PROPERLY FCST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8372S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8372SRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2018 · Cessna 182HAirframe modelCessna 182HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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