- Date
- November 14, 1970
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100RCAero Comdr 1121
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159321
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2766 70/11/14 LEXINGTON,KY AERO COMDR 1121 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1917 N100RC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 37, 5859 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2070 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,GA LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT IN STEEP R BANK DESCENDING.ACFT THEN ROLLED TO OPPOSITE DIRECTION BEFORE IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100RC
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 1121
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blue Grass
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