- Date
- February 19, 1978
- Place
- Glenrock, WY · GLENROCK, WY
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2639BAero Comdr 560A
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780219027139A
- Case key
- 143458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2147 78/2/19 NR.GLENROCK,WY AERO COMDR 560A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2020 N2639B PX- 5 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 3485 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WY DOUGLAS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE INDUCTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 2/20/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2639B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2639BRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2009 · Aero Commander 560-AAirframe modelAero Commander 560-AEngine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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