- Date
- January 10, 1971
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4441DBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0151 71/1/10 ASPEN,COLO BEECH G35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 260 TIME - 0832 N4441D PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SARDY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASPEN,COLO PUEBLO,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 22 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TOOK OFF BEFORE ACFT WAS COMPLETELY DE-ICED. DENSITY ALT ABOUT 7100 FT. MIXTURE CTL FULL RICH POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4441D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sardy
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