- Date
- July 9, 1971
- Place
- Dupree, SD · DUPREE, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N944HGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4301 71/7/9 NR.DUPREE,S DAK GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 1 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1815 N944H PX- 0 1 4 CORP/EXEC 36, 6767 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3295 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ WINNIPEG,CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN HAD BEEN ON SINCE T/O,ABOUT 3+40 HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N944H
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage