- Date
- December 16, 1970
- Place
- Mcalpin, FL · MCALPIN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6170XAero Comdr 500-A
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2579 70/12/16 MCALPIN,FLA AERO COMDR 500-A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1235 TIME - 1500 N6170X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1023 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FLA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: OTHER AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO AREA OF KNOWN TSTMS,SEVERE WEA. BOTH WGS AND TAIL SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6170X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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