- Date
- April 10, 1972
- Place
- Kamuela, HI · KAMUELA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5248UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166401
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1426 72/4/10 KAMUELA,HAWAII CESSNA 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1212 N5248U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 51, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAIMEA-KOHALA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAMUELA,HAWAII KE-AHOLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 45K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5248U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waimea-Kohala
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