- Date
- May 27, 1967
- Place
- Helmville, MT · HELMVILLE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6995ACessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0915 67/5/27 HELMVILLE,MONT CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 257 TIME - 0725 N6995A PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 169 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- PILOT FLEW INTO STEEP CANYON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6995A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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