- Date
- August 22, 1969
- Place
- White Side, TN · WHITE SIDE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6745ECessna 175A
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3591 69/8/22 WHITE SIDE,TENN CESSNA 175A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 110 TIME - 1130 N6745E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTSVILLE,ALA HUNTINGTON,W VA 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- FLT BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6745E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6745ERegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2021 · Cessna 175AAirframe modelCessna 175AEngine modelContinental GO-300 series
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