- Date
- September 26, 1968
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3150VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4364 68/9/26 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDBEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N3150V PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 58, 14000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND CANYON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND VARIABLE,GUSTY. VELOCITY UNREPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3150V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Canyon
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