- Date
- May 30, 1968
- Place
- Cohocton, NY · COHOCTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3188VBeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 68/5/30 COHOCTON,NY BEECH C35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 170 TIME - 1730 N3188V PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- NON-INST-RATED.STRUCK GROUND TRYING TO MAINTAIN VFR FLT.WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3188V
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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