- Date
- November 18, 1968
- Place
- Latham, NY · LATHAM, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1401MBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191953
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4660 68/11/18 LATHAM,NY BEECH 65 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N1401M PX- 2 2 0 CORP/EXEC 37, 8100 TOTAL HOURS, 350 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APPCH MINIMUMS. ACFT CRASHED IN RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1401M
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albany County
N1401MRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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