- Date
- February 21, 1975
- Place
- Zephyrhills, FL · ZEPHYRHILLS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7178ECessna 182B
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750221006889A
- Case key
- 146822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0591 75/2/21 ZEPHYRHILLS,FL CESSNA 182B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 78 TOTAL TIME - 0805 N7178E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZEPHYRHILLS,FL SARASOTA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WX ESTD IN ACDT AREA,CLG ABT 100FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7178E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Zephyrhills Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7178E · 1
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