- Date
- November 30, 1972
- Place
- Avoca, PA · AVOCA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N634HBeech D50
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3598 72/11/30 AVOCA,PA BEECH D50 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 413 TIME - 1520 N634H PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES-BARRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTHAS VINEYRD,MASS CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 26 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- UN MAINTAIN ALT DRG ASR APCH,CRASHED ABT 2MI FROM ARPT.MDT ICG CONDS,AIRMET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N634H
- Reported as
- Beech D50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wilkes-Barre
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