- Date
- January 20, 1972
- Place
- Bear Creek, AL · BEAR CREEK, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6993TCessna 310D
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165043
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0710 72/1/20 BEAR CREEK,ALA CESSNA 310D CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 5800 TIME - 1925 N6993T PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPRINGFIELD,MO HALEYVILLE,ALA TUPELO,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONT FLT IN POOR WEA. FLEW INTO OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6993T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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