- Date
- January 11, 1974
- Place
- Jackpot, NV · JACKPOT, NV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29374Cessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740111001219A
- Case key
- 187189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0131 74/1/11 NR.JACKPOT,NEV CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 167 TIME - 2245 N29374 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 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: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DARK NITE,SPARSELY LTD AREA.HIT MTN TOP IN SNOW SHWR.RECOVERY DATE 1/13/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29374
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.