- Date
- July 19, 1968
- Place
- Paris, TX · PARIS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N224WAero Comdr 680-FL
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109263
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2473 68/7/19 PARIS,TEX AERO COMDR 680-FL CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 8700 TIME - 1036 N224W PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT LOST CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. TSTM IN AREA OF ACCDT SITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N224W
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680-FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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