# NTSB NYC68A0107: Beech G18S, N172S, Weston, VT, March 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 19, 1968
- Place: Weston, VT · WESTON, VT
- Location: 43.2879° N, 72.7943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weston, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2879&lon=-72.7943&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC68A0107
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC68A0107

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2004  68/3/19    WESTON,VT           BEECH G18S          CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0955                    N172S               PX-  5  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 35, 6221 TOTAL HOURS, 711
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           WEATHER - FOG
        FACTOR(S)
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: DIRECTIONAL GYRO
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      1700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       41
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STRUCK SIDE OF,FOG ENSHROUDED,MT.ATTEMPTED IFR FLT WITH KNOWN DEFECTIVE DIRECTIONAL GYRO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N172S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172S-1968-06-26), registration cancelled 1968-06-26, S/N BA-541 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- Registry model: [Beech G18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (registry code 1151010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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