- Date
- July 27, 1969
- Place
- Jersey Shore, PA · JERSEY SHORE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N319Beech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163709
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3797 69/7/27 JERSEY SHORE,PA BEECH D18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 210 TIME - 1824 N319 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JERSEY SHORE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKY MOUNT,NC JAMESTOWN,NY 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 FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK HILLSIDE DURING TSTM,HEAVY RAIN. PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED FOR RADAR ASSISTANCE. NOT AVAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N319
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jersey Shore
N319Registration cancelled Aug 31, 2009 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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