- Date
- September 8, 1980
- Place
- Jackson, WY · JACKSON, WY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N21MDBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800908079479A
- Case key
- 128336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2938 80/9/8 NR.JACKSON,WY BEECH V35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 932 TIME - 1315 N21MD PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 512 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NV JACKSON,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 71 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SIGHT SEEING IN AREA WHERE GROUP WAS SCHEDULED TO HUNT.D/A APRX 11500FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21MD
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N21MDRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Beech V35BAirframe modelBeech V35BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.