- Date
- April 15, 1967
- Place
- Liberty, NY · LIBERTY, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8203DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117757
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0205 67/4/15 LIBERTY,NY BEECH H35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 630 TIME - 1355 N8203D PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 535 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIBERTY MUNICIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8203D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Liberty Municipal
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