- Date
- August 17, 1967
- Place
- Avery, ID · AVERY, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3420CCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114533
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0893 67/8/17 AVERY,ID CESSNA 170 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3400 TIME - 1046 N3420C PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED 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 NONE REMARKS- AFTER AN AERIAL DROP,PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGE. DENSITY ALTITUDE 8560 FEET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3420C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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