- Date
- July 22, 1966
- Place
- Brainerd, MN · BRAINERD, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2057DBeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122428
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0682 66/7/22 NR.BRAINERD MINN BEECH C35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 174 TIME - 1415 N2057D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROW WING COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT OBS TO EMERGE BELOW 4000 FT BROKEN CLOUDS IN A SPIN.ENG,MOVABLE TAIL SURFACFS NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2057D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crow Wing County
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