- Date
- September 26, 1966
- Place
- Nplatte, SD · NPLATTE, SD
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N500JRAero Comdr 1121
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0911 66/9/26 NPLATTE,S DAK AERO COMDR 1121 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 5200 TIME - 1217 N500JR PX- 4 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBBINS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500JR
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 1121
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Robbins Ranch
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