- Date
- December 26, 1981
- Place
- Hayden, CO · HAYDEN, CO
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1766CBeech E55
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811226084619A
- Case key
- 122723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3614 81/12/26 HAYDEN,CO BEECH E55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 477 TIME - 2115 N1766C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAMPA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLAND,NE HAYDEN,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 15 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT RCVD INST RATING 11/27/81.HAD LOGGED 0.6HRS ACTUAL,36.3HRS SIMULATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1766C
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Yampa Valley
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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.