- Date
- May 14, 1978
- Place
- Granite, CO · GRANITE, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7452NBeech 36
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780514021129A
- Case key
- 201232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1802 78/5/14 NR.GRANITE,CO BEECH 36 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 189 TIME - 1405 N7452N PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENWOOD SPRINGS,CO DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DENS ALT 14500FT.ACCIDENT SITE 11500FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 5/17/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7452N
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7452NRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Beech 36Airframe modelBeech 36Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7452N · 2
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