- Date
- January 14, 1978
- Place
- Newport, RI · NEWPORT, RI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2406BTemco GC1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780114007649A
- Case key
- 143277
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0437 78/1/14 NEWPORT,RI TEMCO GC1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3850 TIME - 1755 N2406B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILDWOOD,NJ NEWPORT,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 26 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- INJURY INDEX PRESUMED,PILOT NOT FOUND.PLT ADVISED NEWPORT UNICOM THAT HE WAS ICED UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2406B
- Reported as
- Temco GC1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newport
N2406BRegistration cancelled Jul 14, 2009 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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