- Date
- October 17, 1980
- Place
- Buffalo, WY · BUFFALO, WY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6395UAero Cmdr 500B
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801017057829A
- Case key
- 128449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3786 80/10/17 BUFFALO,WY AERO CMDR 500B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1045 TIME - 2335 N6395U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 451 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,WY HURON,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PLT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MIXTURES FOUND FULL RICH.ARPT ELEV 4951FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6395U
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo
N6395URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Aero Commander 500-BAirframe modelAero Commander 500-BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.