- Date
- September 16, 1968
- Place
- Bitter Creek, WY · BITTER CREEK, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2443 68/9/16 BITTER CREEK,WYO INTERSTATE S-1B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N48100 PX- 0 1 0 OTHER AGE 47, 16103 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 65 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- N48100 STRUCK LEFT WG,N37455. BOTH PLTS HERDING HORSES.LOW LEVEL FLT,ROLLING TERRAIN.NO RADIO COMM
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2443 68/9/16 BITTER CREEK,WYO INTERSTATE S-1A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 457 TIME - 1100 N37455 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 1 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 65 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- N48100 STRUCK LEFT WG,N37455. BOTH PLTS HERDING HORSES.LOW LEVEL FLT,ROLLING TERRAIN.NO RADIO COMM
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N37455
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N48100
- Reported as
- Interstate S-1B1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N48100Registration cancelled Apr 10, 2017 · Interstate S-1B1Airframe modelInterstate S-1B1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.