- Date
- December 30, 1967
- Place
- Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6369UAero Cmdr 500-B
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4771 67/12/30 MENA,ARK AERO CMDR 500-B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1785 TIME - 1730 N6369U PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, 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 WEATHER - LOW CEILING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WHILE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN,PLT DESCENDED IN AN EFFORT TO REMAIN VFR.LANDED TEXARKANA,ARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6369U
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 500-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6369URegistered now · Aero Commander 500-BAirframe modelAero Commander 500-BEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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