- Date
- March 6, 1975
- Place
- Troy, AL · TROY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6614BBeech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750306022079A
- Case key
- 170132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2078 75/3/6 NR.TROY,AL BEECH G18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1921 TIME - 0350 N6614B PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 641 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,AL DOTHAN,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DENSE FOG IN AREA.MAIL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6614B
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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