- Date
- October 22, 1974
- Place
- Kamuela, HI · KAMUELA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30283Cessna 177A
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741022036069A
- Case key
- 140993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3324 74/10/22 KAMUELA,HAWAII CESSNA 177A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 226 TIME - 0915 N30283 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 164 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAMUELA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILO,HAWAII KAMUELA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- LOW ALT TURN TO AVOID TREE.WG HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30283
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kamuela
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30283 · 1
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