- Date
- May 31, 1964
- Place
- Mansfield, OH · MANSFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1790CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0896 64/5/31 NR.MANSFIELD OHIO CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4672 TIME - 2303 N1790C PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOLD IN VFR CONDITIONS BEFORE MAKING CONTROLLED VFR LANDING APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1790C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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