- Date
- October 10, 1970
- Place
- Wrightstown, NJ · WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9248RLockheed Ga 382B
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 70/10/10 WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ LOCKHEED GA 382B CR- 3 0 0 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2130 N9248R PX- 0 0 0 55, 16586 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 11735 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGUIRE AF BASE OPERATOR - SATURN AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WRIGHT PATTERSN,OHIO DOVER,DEL WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CREW ALT DISORIENTED BY LITE GLARE,FOG DURG TRANSITION FROM INST TO VISUAL FLITE.HIT 5470 FT SHORT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9248R
- Reported as
- Lockheed Ga 382B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcguire Af Base
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