- Date
- August 23, 1969
- Place
- Mt Pleasant, FL · MT PLEASANT, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3556QCessna 188
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160859
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3667 69/8/23 MT PLEASANT,FLA CESSNA 188 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 850 TIME - 0535 N3556Q PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT PLEASANT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT PLEASANT,FLA OMAHA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 75 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AG ACFT FERRY FLT,NOT INST EQUIPPED,T/O MADE IN PRE-DAWN DARKNESS,FOG BANK AT FLD EDGE NOT VISIBLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3556Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mt Pleasant
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