- Date
- June 23, 1974
- Place
- Tahawus, NY · TAHAWUS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9953RBeech B95
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740623023509A
- Case key
- 128140
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1842 74/6/23 NR.TAHAWUS,NY BEECH B95 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 300 TIME - 1345 N9953R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAHAWUS MINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,NY BURLINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT AWARE OF MTNS TRRN-ADVSD SARANAC UNICOM COULD NO LONGER KEEP ACFT IN AIR,MTN IN FRONT OF HIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9953R
- Reported as
- Beech B95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tahawus Mine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.