- Date
- September 29, 1969
- Place
- Midwest, WY · MIDWEST, WY
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N144ULockheed 402-2
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159859
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2855 69/9/29 MIDWEST,WYO LOCKHEED 402-2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1500 TIME - 1600 N144U PX- 0 3 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CASPER,WYO EDGERTON,WYO CHRISTENSON RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT AND PX LOOKING FOR CLR AREAS FOR NEW ACESS RD.ACFT APRX LVL FLT ATTITUDE STRUCK RISING TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N144U
- Reported as
- Lockheed 402-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N144URegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Lockheed Aircraft Intl 402-2Airframe modelLockheed Aircraft Intl 402-2Engine modelContinental TSI0-470-B
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.