- Date
- September 9, 1970
- Place
- Orocovis, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N855JABrittnorman BN-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1667 70/9/9 OROCOVIS,PR BRITTNORMAN BN-2A CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 4180 TIME - 0745 N855JA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR PONCE,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- DESCENDED IN SHALLOW L TURNS INTO MNTN SIDE. NO ACFT MALFUNCTION. PLT HADNT SLEPT FOR ABOUT 27 HRS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N855JA
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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