- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Fairfield, UT · FAIRFIELD, UT
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N978VBeech 55
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813037829A
- Case key
- 139316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3457 78/8/13 NR.FAIRFIELD,UT BEECH 55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2704 TIME - 2135 N978V PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 883 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT LAS VEGAS,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 6500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH WING,TAIL,OR PROP DEICING EQUIPMENT.MINIMUM OF 1.3IN AFT OF REARWARD CG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N978V
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.