- Date
- October 9, 1964
- Place
- Wheeler, WA · WHEELER, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4052ACessna 140A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3179 64/10/9 NR.WHEELER WASH CESSNA 140A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1106 TIME - 1230 N4052A PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 924 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) FOG TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT SELECTED A ROAD FOR LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4052A
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage