- Date
- December 29, 1978
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ · FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6118VBeech 95-55
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781229044129A
- Case key
- 138542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3984 78/12/29 FLAGSTAFF,AZ BEECH 95-55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2659 TIME - 1851 N6118V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 857 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLAGSTAFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ FLAGSTAFF,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6118V
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flagstaff
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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.