- Date
- July 24, 1970
- Place
- Lincoln, NM · LINCOLN, NM
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3016LCessna 310J
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113295
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1636 70/7/24 LINCOLN,N MEX CESSNA 310J CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N3016L PX- 6 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 2505 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX RUIDOSO,N MEX 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7/26/70. FLEW INTO MNTN RIDGE COVERED BY CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3016L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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