- Date
- May 30, 1984, 21:30 local (May 31, 1984, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Duchesne, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6757ZBeech BB-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840530034579A
- Case key
- 16218
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Analysis
Acft collided with a mountain at an elevation of 12,000 ft MSL. Wx at roosevelt, UT, 42 NM se of the accident site at 2030 MDT was estimated 7,000 ft bkn, 25,000 ft bkn, 40 miles visibility, 70 deg f, with cumulus nimbus clouds NE and se. Radar summary charts show numerous scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the area as were forecast. Accident occurred aprx 6 miles north of victor airway 101. Minimum en ruote alt for V101 is 15,000 ft mslwith a minimum obstruction clearance alt of 14,600 ft MSL. No flight plan was filed for the flt and the acft was not under radar contact. No record of the plt obtaining a wx briefing before the flt could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6757Z
- Reported as
- Beech BB-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-2324
- Airframe hours
- 155
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Watson Memorial Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,012 total · 199 in this make and model · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.