- Date
- June 7, 1974
- Place
- Sparta, NJ · SPARTA, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8717MBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740607017749A
- Case key
- 126378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1529 74/6/7 SPARTA,NJ BEECH 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 3300 TIME - 2120 N8717M PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OHIO TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/9/74.HILLS OBSCURED BY CLDS.HIT TREES ON HILL APRX 1280MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8717M
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8717M · 1
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