- Date
- December 29, 1981
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1537WBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811229086279A
- Case key
- 122629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3582 81/12/29 NR.ELKO,NV BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, UNK/NR TIME - 0906 N1537W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAILEY,ID LANCASTER,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 36 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQUIPPED W SFC DE-ICE EQUIP.ENCTRD FCSTD ICG CONDS.UN MAINT ALT ABV MTN TRRN W ICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1537W
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1537WRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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