19870208017529A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 95B55 · Lanesville, NY · February 8, 1987

Date
February 8, 1987 · 18:00 local
Place
Lanesville, NY
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N973E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87FA138
Reported as
Beech 95B55
Reported engine
Continental IO470L
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
12,192 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into the side of a mountain with tops reported obscured in snow showers,fog,and darkness with no ground lights

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WITH TOPS REPORTED OBSCURED IN SNOW SHOWERS,FOG,AND DARKNESS WITH NO GROUND LIGHTS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.