- Date
- January 24, 1965
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5970CBeechcraft D18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0415 65/1/24 NR.ELKO NEV BEECHCRAFT D18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4900 TIME - 1225 N5970C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - SNOW MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 60 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 05/13/65
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5970C
- Reported as
- Beechcraft D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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