- Date
- December 21, 1978
- Place
- Panama, NY · PANAMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71206Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781221045119A
- Case key
- 138046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4275 78/12/21 PANAMA,NY CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1025 TIME - 0030 N71206 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,NY COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71206
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N71206Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna 182MAirframe modelCessna 182MEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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