- Date
- September 10, 1965
- Place
- Coutts Albta, Canada · COUTTS ALBTA, Canada
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N437BBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0089 65/9/10 NR.COUTTS ALBTA CAN BEECH B35 CR- 1 0 0 *ERROR-INVALID CODE* PRIVATE, AGE 39, 400 TIME - 1016 N437B PX- 2 0 0 *ERROR-INVALID CODE* TOTAL HOURS, 390 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) FUSELAGE-STRUCTURAL FAILURE DUE AERODYNAMIC LOADS. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 44 135 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVEST.AND REPORTED BY GOVT. OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N437B
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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