19870717035199A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech B200 · Crystal Bay, NV · July 17, 1987

Date
July 17, 1987 · 19:30 local
Place
Crystal Bay, NV
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1870S
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87FA141
Reported as
Beech B200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A42
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
3,995 total381 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Seen to exit clouds go out of control and crash in trees. Pilot had cardivascular disease. Possible incapacition.

As the FAA filed it

SEEN TO EXIT CLOUDS GO OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASH IN TREES. PILOT HAD CARDIVASCULAR DISEASE. POSSIBLE INCAPACITION.

NTSB investigation

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