- Date
- December 27, 1976
- Place
- Monticello, MO · MONTICELLO, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1873XCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761227040849A
- Case key
- 156260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3673 76/12/27 MONTICELLO MO CESSNA 182H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 255 TIME - 1645 N1873X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTICELLO,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- TURNED INTO SETTING SUN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.LOST ORIENTATION AND DIVED INTO GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1873X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Caldwell
N1873XRegistration cancelled Jul 20, 2011 · Cessna 182HAirframe modelCessna 182HEngine modelContinental O-470 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.