- Date
- October 23, 1972
- Place
- Ennis, MT · ENNIS, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9918BCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3405 72/10/23 NR.ENNIS,MONT CESSNA 182A CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N9918B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 1354 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OGDEN,UT HAVRE,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERED FROM MTN SLOPE 7/24/73. ALL MTNS REPTD OBSCURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9918B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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