- Date
- August 11, 1969
- Place
- Walden, CO · WALDEN, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N127ZBeech 95-55
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3369 69/8/11 WALDEN,COLO BEECH 95-55 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3000 TIME - 0815 N127Z PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,COLO BROOMFIELD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT TURNED ACFT TOWARD HIGH TERRAIN INSTEAD OF DOWN SLOPE.EXCEEDED ACFT CAPABILITIES.D/A 12000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N127Z
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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