- Date
- December 12, 1964
- Place
- Bradford, IL · BRADFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4497CCessna 190
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0905 64/12/12 BRADFORD ILLINOIS CESSNA 190 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 150 TIME - 1815 N4497C PX- 0 0 0 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: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE/INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - SMOKE IN COCKPIT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 38 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4497C
- Reported as
- Cessna 190
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4497CRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2018 · Cessna 190Airframe modelCessna 190Engine modelContinental W670 series
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