- Date
- May 6, 1970
- Place
- Steele, ND · STEELE, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N46136Cessna 172I
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0564 70/5/6 STEELE,N DAK CESSNA 172I CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 92 TOTAL TIME - 2215 N46136 PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEELE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARGO,N DAK BISMARK,N DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - HAIL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- CONTINUED FLT INTO AREA OF SEVERE TSTM.L WING HIT STEEL TWR APRX 30FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46136
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steele
N46136Registration cancelled Jun 16, 1976 · Cessna 172IAirframe modelCessna 172IEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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