- Date
- August 9, 1974
- Place
- Pisgah, IA · PISGAH, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6862TCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740809035539A
- Case key
- 138806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3236 74/8/9 PISGAH,IOWA CESSNA 310 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1452 TIME - 1231 N6862T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MICH GRAND ISLAND,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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 - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRONG TSTM ACTIVITY AND ASSOCIATED TURBC IN AREA.MAYDAY CALL RCVD FM PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6862T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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