- Date
- August 21, 1968
- Place
- Snowshoe, PA · SNOWSHOE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2680XCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108588
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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 68/8/21 SNOWSHOE,PA CESSNA 206 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0130 N2680X PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 29, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: DIRECTIONAL GYRO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHILE BEING DIRECTED BY D/F STEER TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2680X
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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