- Date
- July 31, 1970
- Place
- Woodstock, NY · WOODSTOCK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6985LCessna 310K
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1471 70/7/31 WOODSTOCK,NY CESSNA 310K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1821 TIME - 1800 N6985L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1405 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAGUARDIA,NY SYRACUSE,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 WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/1/70. FLEW INTO OBSCURED MNTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6985L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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