- Date
- July 19, 1968
- Place
- Lathrop Wells, NV · LATHROP WELLS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2051XCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4785 68/7/19 NR.LATHROP WELLS,NEV CESSNA 182H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 250 TIME - 2230 N2051X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASH MEADOWS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED AFTER T/O FROM DIMLY LIGHTED STRIP OVER UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2051X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ash Meadows
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