- Date
- August 15, 1966
- Place
- Ashuelot, NH · ASHUELOT, NH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4364KNavion NAV-4
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0691 66/8/15 ASHUELOT NH NAVION NAV-4 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2000 TIME - 1455 N4364K PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 366 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GUY WIRE OF 666 FOOT TV TOWER APPROXIMATELY 480 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND,APP.1447 FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4364K
- Reported as
- Navion NAV-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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