- Date
- September 17, 1971
- Place
- Fowler, CO · FOWLER, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1384ABeech 70
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2756 71/9/17 FOWLER,COLO BEECH 70 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6000 TIME - 0804 N1384A PX- 1 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUEBLO,COLO HUNTSVILLE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE/INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL DUE AIRFRAME ICING. ACFT DE-ICER EQUIPPED,USEAGE UNDET.RECOVERY DATE 9/18/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1384A
- Reported as
- Beech 70
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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