- Date
- November 10, 1972
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7798QCessna 310Q
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3372 72/11/10 MONTGOMERY,ALA CESSNA 310Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 524 TIME - 1741 N7798Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANNELEY FLD MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,ALA HALEYVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- STAGE 3 RADAR DEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7798Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danneley Fld Mun
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