- Date
- November 20, 1974
- Place
- White Plains, NY · WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3343RCessna 182L
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741120043049A
- Case key
- 145036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4000 74/11/20 WHITE PLAINS,NY CESSNA 182L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1959 N3343R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 2038 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: ILS RECEIVERS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CLRD FOR ILS APCH.VHF-NAV RCVRS NOT TUNED TO ILS FREQUENCY.ACFT GLIDE SLOPE RCVR INOPERATIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3343R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westchester Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.