- Date
- January 11, 1975
- Place
- Middlebury, CT · MIDDLEBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N54CBCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750111000399A
- Case key
- 146983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 75/1/11 MIDDLEBURY,CT CESSNA 210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 852 TIME - 0942 N54CB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 624 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY-OXFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDEN,CT MIDDLEBURY,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT TIME AS OF 6/5/74.DESCENDED BELOW DH.ACFT IN LDG CONFIGURATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54CB
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waterbury-Oxford
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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.