- Date
- August 19, 1974
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ · HOLBROOK, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N627WCessna 310C
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740819040369A
- Case key
- 201218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3512 74/8/19 NR.HOLBROOK,ARIZ CESSNA 310C CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3800 TIME - 0315 N627W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLBROOK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLBROOK,ARIZ LAS VEGAS,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ TERRAIN - OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INADVERTENT DESCENT INTO SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN ON DARK NITE.RECOVERY DATE 8/23/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N627W
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Holbrook Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N627W · 1
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