- Date
- October 29, 1980
- Place
- Canisteo, NY · CANISTEO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N171WBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801029071389A
- Case key
- 127578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3723 80/10/29 CANISTEO,NY BEECH 95-C55 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0630 N171W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 30, 3493 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) REMARKS- WING DEICERS INOP.NO ACFT MIN EQPT LIST.PLT NOT PRVDD FA DRG ENRTH RADIO CONTACT.GENL DISINTGRATN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N171W
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N171W · 1
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