- Date
- October 20, 1979
- Place
- Lucerne Valley, CA · LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6641SBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791020039849A
- Case key
- 133268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3618 79/10/20 NR.LUCERNE VALLEY,CA BEECH V35B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2100 TIME - 1136 N6641S PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTHAVEN,CA PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SIGMET-MOD,OCNLY SVR,TURBC BLO 15000FT,VCNTY MTS W STG UP/DWNDFTS ON E SLOPES.WINGS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6641S
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6641SRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2013 · Beech V35BAirframe modelBeech V35BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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