- Date
- October 15, 1965
- Place
- Wells, NV · WELLS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5485DBeechcraft H35
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0931 65/10/15 NR.WELLS NEV BEECHCRAFT H35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 515 TIME - 0853 N5485D PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10-18-65.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5485D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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