- Date
- August 1, 1968
- Place
- Jamestown, RI · JAMESTOWN, RI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8317SCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4694 68/8/1 JAMESTOWN,RI CESSNA 182H CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N8317S PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 21, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 75 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK GUY WIRES OF TOWER.ACFT OBSERVED IN FLT BELOW LOW CLOUD LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8317S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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