- Date
- July 26, 1969
- Place
- Springfield, VT · SPRINGFIELD, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5269UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2550 69/7/26 SPRINGFIELD,VT CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1475 TIME - 1418 N5269U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 177 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGFIELD STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROXBURY,CONN SPRINGFIELD,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DLAD MISSED APCH DESD BLW MDA STRUCK CLOUD CVRD MTN AT APRX 1750FT LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5269U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Springfield State
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Other investigations on N5269U · 2
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