- Date
- February 24, 1970
- Place
- El Dorado, AR · EL DORADO, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9574YBeech 95-55
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0258 70/2/24 EL DORADO,ARK BEECH 95-55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 65, 8732 TIME - 2039 N9574Y PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1111 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODWIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALAMAZOO,MICH MAGNOLIA,ARK 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 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 OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 51 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN IFR CONDITIONS. WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO FLD DUE ENROUTE WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9574Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Goodwin
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