- Date
- October 6, 1968
- Place
- Glenville, WV · GLENVILLE, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75606Beech D-17S
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192096
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4614 68/10/6 GLENVILLE,W VA BEECH D-17S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N75606 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 47, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 54 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. 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 - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75606
- Reported as
- Beech D-17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N75606Registration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Beech D17SAirframe modelBeech D17SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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