- Date
- October 30, 1968
- Place
- Wells, NV · WELLS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9437TCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4454 68/10/30 NR.WELLS,NEV CESSNA 210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1082 TIME - 0752 N9437T PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 148 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- ATTEMPTED FLT IN ADVERSE WEA BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN. PLT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9437T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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