- Date
- October 8, 1972
- Place
- Beaumont, CA · BEAUMONT, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4618RBeech 35-B33
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4086 72/10/8 BEAUMONT,CALIF BEECH 35-B33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 180 TIME - 2021 N4618R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ LONG BEACH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OPERATOR TOLD PLT NOT TO RET IF IFR COND.WEA BRIEF ADVSD PLT VFR FOR PART OF FLT ONLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4618R
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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