- Date
- December 24, 1973
- Place
- New Salem, ND · NEW SALEM, ND
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9385YBeech 95-55
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731224042609A
- Case key
- 187471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3967 73/12/24 NEW SALEM,N DAK BEECH 95-55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 936 TIME - 1735 N9385Y PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISMARK,N DAK CASPER,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP DSCNDG SPIRAL.OTR ACFT IN AREA RPTD ENCTRG ICING COND BT WN DIK AND BIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9385Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.