- Date
- March 2, 1978
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N885MBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780302042339A
- Case key
- 143296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0676 78/3/2 DURANGO,CO BEECH 95-C55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1207 TIME - 2026 N885M PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DURANGO LAPLATA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TX DURANGO,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 37 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CIRCLED VICINITY A/P APPROX 4MIN.PLT ACTIVATED RWY LIGHTS NOT ON.RECOVERY DATE 3/3/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N885M
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Durango Laplata
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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