- Date
- April 12, 1965
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA · SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N911RBeechcraft 95B-55
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0156 65/4/12 SANTA BARBARA CAL BEECHCRAFT 95B-55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3303 TIME - 1144 N911R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 51 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N911R
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 95B-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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