- Date
- September 16, 1968
- Place
- Little Rock, AR · LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N605TBeech J35
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4497 68/9/16 LITTLE ROCK,ARK BEECH J35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 300 TIME - 0305 N605T PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT-INITIATED NITE FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR CONTROLLED VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NOT INST RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N605T
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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