- Date
- May 6, 1969
- Place
- Del Norte, CO · DEL NORTE, CO
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N2737TBeech 35-33
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1989
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2433 69/5/6 DEL NORTE,COLO BEECH 35-33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 300 TIME - 1118 N2737T PX- 6 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS FARMINGTON,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: AIRSPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/22/69. FLEW INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS WITH NO DE-ICING EQUIPMENT EXCEPT PITOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2737T
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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