- Date
- December 10, 1968
- Place
- Winchester, TX · WINCHESTER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4807JBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4223 68/12/10 WINCHESTER,TEX BEECH 95-C55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 4632 TIME - 1215 N4807J PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 45 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NOT INST RATED.STRUCK GRND ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4807J
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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