- Date
- September 12, 1975
- Place
- Nemacolin, PA · NEMACOLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N847CERockwell 690A
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750912041699A
- Case key
- 151115
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3243 75/9/12 NEMACOLIN,PA ROCKWELL 690A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1058 N847CE PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC 55, 4891 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEMACOLIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PONTIAC,MI NEMACOLIN,PA PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 57 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CRUISE CLNC,DSCNDD BLO MEA IN IMC,ATMTD VFR APCH.ARPT DID NOT HAVE APVD INST APCH.RCVRD 9/13/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N847CE
- Reported as
- Rockwell 690A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nemacolin
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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.