- Date
- April 18, 1981
- Place
- Fay, OK · FAY, OK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3281CBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2656 81/4/18 NR.FAY,OK BEECH E35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1507 TIME - 1305 N3281C PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATONGA,OK TUCUMCARI,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- L V-TAIL STABILIZER/RUDDERVATOR SEPD DWNWRD.R WING & R V-TAIL STABILIZER/RUDDERVATOR SEPD UPWRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3281C
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3281CRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2012 · Beech E35Airframe modelBeech E35Engine modelContinental E225 series
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