- Date
- May 16, 1981
- Place
- Beaver, UT · BEAVER, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3158VBeech A-35R
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810516026669A
- Case key
- 125717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1551 81/5/16 NR.BEAVER,UT BEECH A-35R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1818 N3158V PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 21, 712 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TONOPAH,NV GRAND JUNCTION,CO ROUND MOUNTAIN,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- PLT ADZD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.MOUNTAINS OBSCURED.HIT MTN 9500FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 5/30/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3158V
- Reported as
- Beech A-35R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3158VRegistration cancelled Aug 3, 2009 · Beech 35RAirframe modelBeech 35REngine modelContinental E185 series
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