- Date
- May 27, 1966
- Place
- Hyannis, NE · HYANNIS, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3215UCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0451 66/5/27 NR.HYANNIS NEB CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - 0950 N3215U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNKNOWN IF PILOT WAS USING AUTO-PILOT.SUSPECT PILOT MAY HAVE DOZED WITH AUTO-PILOT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3215U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Davis Ranch
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