- Date
- February 5, 1972
- Place
- Mt Tabor, VT · MT TABOR, VT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N283AABeech B95
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0063 72/2/5 MT TABOR,VT BEECH B95 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 600 TIME - 1040 N283AA PX- 2 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ MT SNOW,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERED 2/6/72.WIND GUSTS 30K.HIT MT.PLTS FAULTY JUDGEMENT PROBABLY DUE TO A POST VIRAL SYNDROME
Aircraft
- Registration
- N283AA
- Reported as
- Beech B95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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