- Date
- October 16, 1971
- Place
- Colorado Cty, AZ · COLORADO CTY, AZ
- Injuries
- 10 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3250QCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164095
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4318 71/10/16 NR.COLORADO CTY,ARIZ CESSNA 402 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 2441 TIME - 0945 N3250Q PX- 9 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 415 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV GRAND CANYON,ARIZ 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SNOW 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 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10/17/71.ONE OF 4 ACFT ON SIGHTSEEING TOUR.PLT TRANS HE WAS TURNING AROUND DUE WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3250Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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