- Date
- May 4, 1978
- Place
- Wheatland, WY · WHEATLAND, WY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N320ZBeech D50C
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780504032359A
- Case key
- 142150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2687 78/5/4 NR.WHEATLAND,WY BEECH D50C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 456 TIME - 1502 N320Z PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,WY LIVINGSTON,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PILOT REPORT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE RIME ICE GIVEN TO PILOT BEFORE TAKEOFF AND IN AIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N320Z
- Reported as
- Beech D50C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N320ZRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2009 · Beech D50CAirframe modelBeech D50CEngine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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