- Date
- April 6, 1972
- Place
- Skaneateles, NY · SKANEATELES, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50WBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0653 72/4/6 SKANEATELES,NY BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 6200 TIME - 1341 N50W PX- 2 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINKELMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SKANEATELES,NY HARRISBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM STRIP TOO SHORT TO OBTAIN VMC SPEED.NR GWT,AFT CG.R ENG LOST PWR.ACFT SLID INTO LAKE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50W
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Winkelman
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