- Date
- March 16, 1973
- Place
- Pen Argyl, PA · PEN ARGYL, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23310Cessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730316005039A
- Case key
- 112165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0486 73/3/16 PEN ARGYL,PA CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 85 TOTAL TIME - 2140 N23310 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PLYMOUTH,MASS LANCASTER,PA LANCASTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 3/17/73.PLT RCVD SPECIAL VFR CLNC TO ABE.DRG VOR ORENTATION HIT SIDE OF MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23310
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N23310 · 1
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