- Date
- October 1, 1971
- Place
- Hartford, SD · HARTFORD, SD
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8953ABeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3359 71/10/1 HARTFORD,S DAK BEECH C35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 467 TIME - 1028 N8953A PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MINN NORTH PLATTE,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO UNFCSTD TSTM. R WG,BOTH STABS AND CTL SURFACES SEPARATED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8953A
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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