- Date
- July 29, 1970
- Place
- Jamestown, NY · JAMESTOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N739CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3161 70/7/29 JAMESTOWN,NY STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 30 TOTAL TIME - 0115 N739C PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AFT TKOF CRCD FLD,RAN INTO FOG ON BASE LEG.POLICE RPRTD PLT SAID HE HAD ABOUT 6 DRINKS PRIOR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jamestown
N739CRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Universal Stinson 108-3Airframe modelUniversal Stinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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