- Date
- December 18, 1968
- Place
- Troutdale, OR · TROUTDALE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29145Cessna TU206A
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4754 68/12/18 TROUTDALE,OREG CESSNA TU206A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 748 TIME - 1700 N29145 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND-TROUTDAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- NO REPORT OF ANY PREVIOUS ACTUAL INST FLT TIME.STRUCK TREE DURING VFR APCH.ON SPEC VFR FLT PLAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29145
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Portland-Troutdal
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