- Date
- November 9, 1969
- Place
- Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6475ACessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 69/11/9 ELIZABETHTOWN,KY CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N6475A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELIZABETHTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKVILLE,IND ELIZABETHTOWN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 48 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO PREVIOUS NITE FLT EXPERIENCE.CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER T/O FROM FIELD.DARK NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6475A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elizabethtown
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