- Date
- February 13, 1980
- Place
- Hot Springs, SD · HOT SPRINGS, SD
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8592RBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800213003579A
- Case key
- 131921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0542 80/2/13 HOT SPRINGS,SD BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3876 TIME - 0630 N8592R PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOT SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOT SPRINGS,SD ROCK SPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE, SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 20 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ICE FOUND ON LEADING EDGES OF WINGS/EMPENNAGE.CRASHED APRX 3650FT MSL.APRX 66LBS OVR MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8592R
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hot Springs
FAA reports on this event · 1
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