- Date
- July 11, 1966
- Place
- Hideaway Park, CO · HIDEAWAY PARK, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1563VDehaviland 104-6A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0680 66/7/11 HIDEAWAY PARK COL DEHAVILAND 104-6A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2050 N1563V PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 51, 9830 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7/11/66.ACFT STRUCK MOUNTAIN SLOPE WHILE IN NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1563V
- Reported as
- Dehaviland 104-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed