- Date
- December 15, 1972
- Place
- Winooski, VT · WINOOSKI, VT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N111DSCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3962 72/12/15 WINOOSKI,VT CESSNA 411 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 950 TIME - 2006 N111DS PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURLINGTON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ BURLINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 18 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 120 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TREES APRX 1MI FRM OUTER MARKER DRG NDB APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111DS
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Burlington Intl
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