- Date
- December 12, 1965
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9975RBeech B95
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1085 65/12/12 NR.ASPEN COLO BEECH B95 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N9975R PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 27, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 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 - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/15/66.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9975R
- Reported as
- Beech B95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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