- Date
- October 17, 1980
- Place
- Sula, MT · SULA, MT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35CSBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801017058269A
- Case key
- 127525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3784 80/10/17 NR.SULA,MT BEECH 65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2600 TIME - 1425 N35CS PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YUBA CITY,CA MISSOULA,MT CHALLIS,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW, SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES REPORTED LOW ALT FLT THROUGH PASS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35CS
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N35CSRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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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.