- Date
- June 12, 1964
- Place
- Fancy Gap, VA · FANCY GAP, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3149CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0758 64/6/12 FANCY GAP VA CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 3500 TIME - 1630 N3149C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 75 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3149C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3149CRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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