- Date
- July 3, 1968
- Place
- Bristol, NY · BRISTOL, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4790JBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4259 68/7/3 BRISTOL,NY BEECH A23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1050 TIME - 0430 N4790J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-7/6/68.NOT INST RATED.STRUCK 2000FT MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4790J
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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