- Date
- December 27, 1972
- Place
- Saranac Lake, NY · SARANAC LAKE, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N400MLockheed L1329
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4071 72/12/27 SARANAC LAKE,NY LOCKHEED L1329 CR- 3 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2202 N400M PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 40, 20128 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADIRONDACK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLAND,NEBR SARANAC LAKE,NY 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 - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CIRCLING MDA 2960FT. HIT AT 2140FT MSL ELEV AFTR THIRD PASS OVR FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400M
- Reported as
- Lockheed L1329
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Adirondack
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