- Date
- August 21, 1966
- Place
- Glenwood, IA · GLENWOOD, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N211SWittman 11E
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122478
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0742 66/8/21 NR.GLENWOOD IOWA WITTMAN 11E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 304 TIME - 0015 N211S PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DUAL-CONT.ACFT,NOT IFR EQUIPPED. PAX WAS A PLT.REPORTED FLT ALT 3000 FT.CEILG 1200 BRKN,2500 OVCST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211S
- Reported as
- Wittman 11E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N211SRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1971 · Whittman Tailwind W11ES2Airframe modelWhittman Tailwind W11ES2
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