- Date
- January 1, 1967
- Place
- Dighton, KS · DIGHTON, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1881ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0004 67/1/1 DIGHTON,KANS CESSNA 205 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 300 TIME - 2045 N1881Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIGHTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- AREA WAS UNLIGHTED-NATURAL HORIZON REFERENCE INADEQUATE FOR ATTITUDE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1881Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dighton
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