- Date
- September 4, 1969
- Place
- Stony Point, NY · STONY POINT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6609BCessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159244
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2755 69/9/4 STONY POINT,NY CESSNA 310B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - UNK/NR N6609B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 5870 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,PA WESTCHESTER CTY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 67 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/5/69. PLT GOT OFF COURSE DURING ILS APCH. DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MINIMUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6609B
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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