- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Mcfadden, WY · MCFADDEN, WY
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1322MBeech C-18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0206 72/4/2 MCFADDEN,WYO BEECH C-18S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1295 TIME - 1916 N1322M PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRINGS,WYO BROOMFIELD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW, FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WHILE FOLLOWING HIWAY ENCNTRD FRCSTD SNW,ZR,& TURBC.HIT GND IN NS DN L BNK,AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1322M
- Reported as
- Beech C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1322MRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Beech C18SAirframe modelBeech C18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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