- Date
- July 31, 1970
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR · GOLD BEACH, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5878GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1286 70/7/31 NR.GOLD BEACH,OREG CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 100 TIME - 0120 N5878G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOLD BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLD BEACH,OREG ROSEBURG,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FOG BANK OVR OCEAN.ACFT OBSVD T/O,TURN R OVR OCEAN,THEN DSCND.PX BODY,SOME WRECKAGE RCVRD 8/7/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5878G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gold Beach
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