- Date
- June 18, 1972
- Place
- Spring Run, PA · SPRING RUN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2378QBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2578 72/6/18 SPRING RUN,PA BEECH 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 850 TIME - UNK/NR N2378Q PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH FT.MEADE,MD 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO AREA OF KNOWN TSTMS. RECOVERY DATE 11/27/72.FSS TOLD PLT VFR NOT POSSIBLE LAST SEGMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2378Q
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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