- Date
- February 17, 1976
- Place
- Hebron, NE · HEBRON, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3600HBeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760217004849A
- Case key
- 152822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0365 76/2/17 HEBRON,NE BEECH B55 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 463 TIME - 1830 N3600H PX- 1 4 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,NM LINCOLN,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT-VISUAL FLT AT ALT INSUF TO CLR OBST TRRN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ATMTD FLT BLO FOG BANK,DARK NIGHT.R PAX BELT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3600H
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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