- Date
- September 18, 1970
- Place
- Gates, TN · GATES, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2331QBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1371 70/9/18 GATES,TENN BEECH 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 44, TIME - 1845 N2331Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BISHOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN GATES,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO DARK CLOUD. TSTM IN AREA. PLT HAD NO OFFICIAL RECORD OF FLYING TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2331Q
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bishop
N2331QRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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