- Date
- February 22, 1974
- Place
- Monon, IN · MONON, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N71992Cessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740222031619A
- Case key
- 186874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0386 74/2/22 NR.MONON,IND CESSNA U206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 1385 TIME - 0015 N71992 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARWOOD AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KITCHENER,ONT,CAN MONON,IND DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WX-LO CLDS,FOG,RAIN ACFT DSCNDD INTO STAND OF OAK TREES.FLT ORIGINATED AT GARWOOD ARPT AT 1415 EST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71992
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Garwood Airport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N71992 · 1
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