- Date
- December 2, 1973
- Place
- Beatrice, NE · BEATRICE, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2594LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731202039619A
- Case key
- 187437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3921 73/12/2 NR.BEATRICE,NEBR CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 432 TIME - 0045 N2594L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 268 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEATRICE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEATRICE,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 150 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- PLT ATTMPTD LETDWN THRU FOG.FLT LASTED 15 MIN.HIT PWR POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2594L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beatrice Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.