- Date
- November 25, 1981
- Place
- Ellinwood, KS · ELLINWOOD, KS
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N30288Cessna 177A
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811125075859A
- Case key
- 123200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3376 81/11/25 NR.ELLINWOOD,KS CESSNA 177A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 82 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N30288 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS HAYS,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION 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 PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- BRFD BY FSS PSNL.BCM LOST,LNDD GRT BEND,KS.DEPD N TWD HAYS.CRASH,E OF GRT BEND,STEEP DSCNT,DRK NGT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30288
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30288 · 1
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