- Date
- September 28, 1977
- Place
- Cove, OR · COVE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35904Cessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770928034269A
- Case key
- 145236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2782 77/9/28 COVE,OR CESSNA 206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 418 TIME - 1500 N35904 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 201 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINAN LODGE,OR LAGRANDE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35904
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N35904Registration cancelled Oct 9, 2012 · Cessna TU206FAirframe modelCessna TU206FEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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