- Date
- September 12, 1964
- Place
- Darien, GA · DARIEN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N76246Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181736
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0689 64/9/12 DARIEN GA CESSNA 140 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N76246 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - HURRICANE,CYCLONE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT IN WX ASSOC. WITH HURRICANE DORA-APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL. RECOVERY DATE-09/13/64
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76246
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eden
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