- Date
- April 19, 1976
- Place
- Defiance, MO · DEFIANCE, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8505HNavion B
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760419009879A
- Case key
- 153562
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0813 76/4/19 DEFIANCE,MO NAVION B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 551 TIME - 1935 N8505H PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 453 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT OF ST LOUI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN DEFIANCE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING 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 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FSS ADZD MRGL VFR CONDS FCSTD.CONTD VFR-ON-TOP.TOLD ATC INST QUALIFIED,MADE ILS APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8505H
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spirit Of St Loui
N8505HRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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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.