- Date
- February 17, 1975
- Place
- Olive Branch, MS · OLIVE BRANCH, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2497LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750217013289A
- Case key
- 148144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1074 75/2/17 OLIVE BRANCH,MS CESSNA 172H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 228 TIME - 0040 N2497L PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVE BRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RULEVILLE,MS OLIVE BRANCH,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2497L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olive Branch
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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