- Date
- May 20, 1970
- Place
- New Bern, NC · NEW BERN, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4737CBeech T-34B
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120216
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2750 70/5/20 NEW BERN,NC BEECH T-34B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1131 N4737C PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 39, 3036 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 843 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINSTON,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FIRE-FIGHTING.SVR TURB,WND SHEARS CAUSED BY CNVTN,CROSS-CURRENTS.ACFT DESTROYED BY FOREST FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4737C
- Reported as
- Beech T-34B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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