- Date
- March 12, 1981
- Place
- Ilion, NY · ILION, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17590Beech F33A
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810312009219A
- Case key
- 126622
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 81/3/12 ILION,NY BEECH F33A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3000 TIME - 0225 N17590 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ UTICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 27 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 18 KNOTS.PLT HAD RPTD PREV LOW INST AIR PRESSURE,NO CORRECTIVE ACTION IN LOGBOOKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17590
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oneida County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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