- Date
- July 24, 1970
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ · OCEAN CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1883ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1237 70/7/24 OCEAN CITY,NJ CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1520 TIME - 1022 N1883Z PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 497 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ OCEAN CITY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OVR OCEAN,OBSVD LOW CLOUDS ATMTD DSCNT BLO CLDS ENCTRD FOG BANK.ACFT HIT WATER DRG 180 DEG TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1883Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocean City
N1883ZRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2009 · Cessna 210-5Airframe modelCessna 210-5Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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