- Date
- August 4, 1986, 00:30 local (04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5766NRockwell 114
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860804037409A
- Case key
- 30197
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nearing the close of a x-country flight had requested a decent to start an approach to land at its final destination. ATC had granted the request, but stated to the pilot that he most remain VFR, the pilot acknowledged the clearance. Acft was located two days later in high heavyly wooded terrain. Plt and three passengers were ejected from the acft and sustained fatal injuries. Three pilots were on board the acft. It could not be determined who was the PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5766N
- Reported as
- Rockwell 114
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14350
- Airframe hours
- 1,780
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540T4B5D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn Bussard, doing business as Glenn Bussard Leasing
- Registered owner
- Glenn L. Bussard Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- 4G9 · Bedford, PA
- Airport
- 4G9 · Bedford
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.