- Date
- June 4, 1970
- Place
- Bethany, OK · BETHANY, OK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N988QBeech A65
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0457 70/6/4 BETHANY,OKLA BEECH A65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0039 N988Q PX- 3 1 0 CORP/EXEC 49, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1374 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILEY POST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX BETHANY,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DISORIENTATION WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WHILE IN L TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N988Q
- Reported as
- Beech A65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wiley Post
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