- Date
- August 16, 1976
- Place
- Ellsworth, ME · ELLSWORTH, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N200WPBeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760816031269A
- Case key
- 155692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3176 76/8/16 ELLSWORTH,ME BEECH 99 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0632 N200WP PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 34, 9797 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2501 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAR HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME ELLSWORTH,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO 220 FT HILL,LOCALIZER APPROACH,ALTIMETER TESTED OK AFTER CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200WP
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bar Harbor
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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.