- Date
- November 27, 1965
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 13 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N485Douglas DC-3A
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175002
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1013 65/11/27 NR.SALT LAKE CITY UT DOUGLAS DC-3A CR- 4 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0715 N485 PX- 9 0 0 CTR PASSG-D 45, 12361 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1443 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT-POSITION DISORIENTATION RELATIVE TO TRACK FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLIGHT TRACK ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF PASS THRU MTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N485
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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