- Date
- December 10, 1972
- Place
- Anderson, SC · ANDERSON, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1643WBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4113 72/12/10 ANDERSON,SC BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0510 N1643W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, 3398 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 208 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDERSON,SC NEW SMYRNA BCH,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL 1 MIN AFTER TKOF.OBS COULDNT SEE ACFT DUE HEAVY FOG. PLTS TIME AS OF 9/1/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1643W
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anderson
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