- Date
- August 13, 1969
- Place
- Montgomery, TX · MONTGOMERY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6109NBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165067
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2670 69/8/13 MONTGOMERY,TEX BEECH B23 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 29 TOTAL TIME - 1528 N6109N PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX DALLAS,TEX 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 - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED DIVING OUT OF BLACK CLOUD. HORIZ STAB AND BOTH OUTBOARD WING PANELS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6109N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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