- Date
- March 13, 1977
- Place
- Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N35634Cessna U206F
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0218 77/3/13 DOYLESTOWN,PA CESSNA U206F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 296 TIME - 1710 N35634 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOYLESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERKAS,PA NORRISTOWN,PA 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 WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35634
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Doylestown