ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 8238
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Date: | Saturday 7 March 1970 |
Time: | 16:20 |
Type: | Cessna 210J |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6181F |
MSN: | 21059081 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gulf Of Mexico, off coast of Florida -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Survey |
Departure airport: | Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida (APF/KAPF) |
Destination airport: | Naples Municipal Airport, Naples, Florida (APF/KAPF) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Cessna 210 N6181F crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Florida. Aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision with Cessna 172 N7554X, whilst both aircraft were engaged on "fish spotting sorties" and the Cessna 210 was destroyed. No in-flight communication between pilots of the two aircraft was noted, and they appear not to have seen each other.
Cessna 172 N7554X was en route to and from Marathon, Florida, sustained only minor damage and landed safely, the pilot was uninjured.. According to the NTSB report into the accident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT
PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA70AM074 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA70AM074 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=3733&key=0&queryId=49150090-f468-49e1-9492-813d3b457ad8&pgno=3&pgsize=50 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6181F Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Apr-2015 17:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Apr-2015 17:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
19-Apr-2015 17:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Other fatalities, Country] |
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