- Date
- November 22, 1978
- Place
- Eureka, MO · EUREKA, MO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8485TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781122044549A
- Case key
- 201216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4169 78/11/22 EUREKA,MO CESSNA 182C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 48, TIME - 2030 N8485T PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 350 TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FENTON,MO SENECA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT CERT. REVOKED 6/16/78
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8485T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8485TRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 182CAirframe modelCessna 182CEngine 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.