- Date
- June 25, 1972
- Place
- Sapphire, NC · SAPPHIRE, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3627QBeech A23-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166625
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0957 72/6/25 SAPPHIRE,NC BEECH A23-24 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 203 TIME - 1200 N3627Q PX- 3 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHEVILLE,NC RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREES WHILE ON FLT TO LOOK AT LAND. ACFT NEAR GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3627Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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