- Date
- August 26, 1976
- Place
- Ekalaka, MT · EKALAKA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9942XCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2552 76/8/26 NR.EKALAKA,MT CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 13850 TIME - 2245 N9942X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EKALAKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAVRE,MT GRAND ISLAND,NE EKALAKA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DARK NIGHT APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9942X
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ekalaka
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