- Date
- June 18, 1969
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ · BLAIRSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4163QCessna 310N
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2601 69/6/18 BLAIRSTOWN,NJ CESSNA 310N CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, TIME - 1830 N4163Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLAIRSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH MORRISTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT LOG BOOK NOT OBTAINABLE.MTN RIDGE OBSCURED.BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .113PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4163Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blairstown