- Date
- October 15, 1970
- Place
- Rhinelander, WI · RHINELANDER, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N610FFConvair PBY-5A
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1467 70/10/15 RHINELANDER,WIS CONVAIR PBY-5A CR- 2 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0940 N610FF PX- 0 2 0 TEST AGE 56, 18717 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3507 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RHINELANDER,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- MINERAL RESEARCH,ELECT EQPT TEST FLT.T/O WITH APRX 50PCT FROST ACCUMULATION ON ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N610FF
- Reported as
- Convair PBY-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oneida County
N610FFRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 1972 · Consolidated Vultee PBY-5AAirframe modelConsolidated Vultee PBY-5A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.