- Date
- November 8, 1969
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4800JBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3685 69/11/8 WICHITA,KANS BEECH 35-C33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 2322 TIME - 0444 N4800J PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 256 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAWDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS TRINIDAD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOLLOWING L/O ACFT CLEARED 30FT HIGH HEDGE ROW THEN DESCENDED,HIT FENCE AND BARN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4800J
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rawdon
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