- Date
- December 30, 1977
- Place
- Kings Canyon, CO · KINGS CANYON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3610QBeech A23-19
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771230041569A
- Case key
- 144385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3877 77/12/30 KINGS CANYON,CO BEECH A23-19 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N3610Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 58, 22405 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 919 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT COLLINS,CO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3610Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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