- Date
- November 7, 1972
- Place
- Colfax, NC · COLFAX, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9496QBeech G33
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3518 72/11/7 COLFAX,NC BEECH G33 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2117 N9496Q PX- 2 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 46, 1778 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENSBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WADSWORTH,OHIO SILER CITY,NC COLFAX,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-DESCENDED BLO MDA FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SWING OVER WHEEL POS L.PLT AT CTLS UNK.HIT WIRES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9496Q
- Reported as
- Beech G33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greensboro
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