- Date
- December 19, 1964
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8588TCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0838 64/12/19 LAS VEGAS NEV CESSNA 182 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1000 TIME - 1100 N8588T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 55 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTS TO 70 KTS-MOUNTAIN WAVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8588T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8588T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX82FUJ29Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportEloy, AZThe aircraft crashed near the end of a runway on a dark night. The pilot stated to the police that he had run out of fuel. The police found weapons, drugs, and liquor in the pilot's possession. An estimated 3 gallons of fuel was found in each tank. According…NTSB OAK71FVW30Accident · No injuriesClosedLas Vegas, NV