- Date
- February 9, 1965
- Place
- Carefree, AZ · CAREFREE, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2794VBeechcraft 35
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0316 65/2/9 NR.CAREFREE ARIZ BEECHCRAFT 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1255 N2794V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-02/10/65.LAST AIRWORTHINESS INSP PERFORMED 08/24/64.ENG OPERATED 57.4 HRS SINCE INSP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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