- Date
- April 18, 1970
- Place
- Jackpot, NV · JACKPOT, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8395ZCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1715 70/4/18 NR.JACKPOT,NEV CESSNA 205 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 4214 TIME - 0030 N8395Z PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKPOT,NEV SALT LAKE CITY,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 VFR REMARKS- FLT PATH AFTR T/O WAS TWD MT APRX 10MI ESE OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8395Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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