- Date
- April 5, 1966
- Place
- Princeton, WV · PRINCETON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2486UCessna 172D
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0277 66/4/5 PRINCETON W VA CESSNA 172D CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1844 N2486U PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 52, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT HAD MODERATE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS.PILOT CARBON MONOXIDE 23 PERC.PASSENGER CMONOXIDE 30 PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2486U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Princeton
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