- Date
- November 26, 1979
- Place
- Springbrook, PA · SPRINGBROOK, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N732HTCessna U206G
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791126036939A
- Case key
- 133027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3154 79/11/26 SPRINGBROOK,PA CESSNA U206G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3500 TIME - 0113 N732HT PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES BARRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAWTANA,FL WILKES BARRE,PA RALEIGH,MC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732HT
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wilkes Barre
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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.