- Date
- February 18, 1969
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 35 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15570Douglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2594 69/2/18 NR.LONE PINE,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 3 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0510 N15570 PX- 32 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 16348 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAWTHORNE,NEV BURBANK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 165 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/8/69.OPN IN IFR WX CONDS IN MT TERRAIN LACKING RADIO NAV AIDS.WINDS ALOFT NOT CKD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15570
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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