- Date
- December 29, 1975
- Place
- Owensville, MO · OWENSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N108EAero-Comdr 680F
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751229041629A
- Case key
- 152127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4077 75/12/29 OWENSVILLE,MO AERO-COMDR 680F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1126 TIME - 0905 N108E PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST LOUIS,MO RETURN VICHY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INVERTER PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- THE TWO ACFT INVERTERS WERE NOT ROTATING AT IMPACT. INST FRAGMENTATION PRECLUDED INST INVESTIGATN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108E
- Reported as
- Aero-Comdr 680F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.