- Date
- March 28, 1977
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4068SBeech E55
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770328011289A
- Case key
- 157484
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0823 77/3/28 NR.PHOENIX,AZ BEECH E55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 15000 TIME - UNK/NR N4068S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHOENIX,AZ PAYSON,AZ PUNKIN CENTER,AZ 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON 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 ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERED 4/8/77.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4068S
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4068SRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2011 · Beech E-55Airframe modelBeech E-55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.