- Date
- November 23, 1966
- Place
- Elkhorn, IA · ELKHORN, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4170LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0981 66/11/23 NR.ELKHORN IOWA CESSNA 172G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1350 N4170L PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 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 - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4170L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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