- Date
- August 30, 1970
- Place
- E.Wenatchee, WA · E.WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8775TCessna 182C
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3638 70/8/30 E.WENATCHEE,WASH CESSNA 182C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0500 N8775T PX- 0 1 2 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 31, 1462 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 169 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGBORN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WASH WENATCHEE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES SMOKE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PLT RCVD SVFR CLRNC 3900FT.ACFT IN L TURN HIT GND APRX 2700FT MSL.PAX OBSD VSBY RESTR-STRAIGHT DWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8775T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pangborn Field
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