- Date
- March 22, 1970
- Place
- Binghamton, NY · BINGHAMTON, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 8 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N497DMBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 70/3/22 BINGHAMTON,NY BEECH C-45H CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1611 N497DM PX- 2 7 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 42, 6630 TOTAL HOURS, 106 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOME COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BINGHAMTON,NY WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DUMOD INFINITE 2 STC.ATTEMPTED T/O WITH SNOW ON WGS.T/O ABORTED TOO LATE TO REMAIN WITHIN RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N497DM
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Broome County
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