- Date
- October 30, 1967
- Place
- Roseburg, OR · ROSEBURG, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2478CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1021 67/10/30 ROSEBURG,OREG CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 76 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N2478C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSEBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- UNAUTH NIGHT FLT. PLT TURNED INTO RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN. ACFT RECOVERY DATE 110167.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2478C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Roseburg
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