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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 175 · Kailua, HI · August 6, 1966

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 6, 1966
Place
Kailua, HI · KAILUA, HI
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N8058TCessna 175
Status
Completed · report March 8, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
122391

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0641   66/8/6    KAILUA HAWAII       CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2650
        TIME - 2042                    N8058T              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JACKSON S
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- DARK MOONLESS NITE.ACFT OBSERVED TO MAKE SHARP NEAR VERTICAL RT.BANK,THEN CRASH IN SEA.NO RECOVERY

Aircraft

Registration
N8058T
Reported as
Cessna 175
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Jackson S

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