- Date
- December 1, 1965
- Place
- Stock, CA · STOCK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2430RCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0972 65/12/1 STOCK,CALIF. CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1000 TIME - 1043 N2430R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METROPOLITAN 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 - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NONISTRUMENT PILOT OBTAINED IFR TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND ATTEMPTED INSTRUMENT TAKEOFF IN IFR WX
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2430R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Metropolitan
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