- Date
- December 4, 1964
- Place
- Fayetteville, AR · FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5089UCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180668
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0879 64/12/4 FAYETTEVILLE ARK CESSNA 206 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1958 N5089U PX- 2 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 47, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAYETTVILLE DRAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) HAZE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 26 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT HAVE APPROACH PLATE OR MAP--MANEUVRING OVER DARK HILLY TERRAIN AFTER IFR LET DOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5089U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fayettville Drake
N5089URegistration cancelled Apr 12, 2019 · Cessna 206Airframe modelCessna 206Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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