- Date
- January 29, 1980
- Place
- Indian Head, PA · INDIAN HEAD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N68326Cessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800129001549A
- Case key
- 201184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0120 80/1/29 NR.INDIAN HEAD,PA CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 1156 TIME - 0030 N68326 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHARLOTTE,NC LATROBE,PA ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FOURTH ACFT IN A FLT OF FOUR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68326
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N68326Registration cancelled Apr 5, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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