- Date
- October 15, 1968
- Place
- Gastonia, NC · GASTONIA, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5466DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4498 68/10/15 GASTONIA,NC BEECH H35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2500 TIME - 2230 N5466D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- STRUCK SIDE OF MTN OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. NOT INST RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5466D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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