- Date
- August 8, 1986, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Duxsbury, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6341UAero Commander 680FL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860808038499A
- Case key
- 30198
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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 plt was on a VFR flight from montpelier, VT to burlington, VT; a distance of about 80 mis. A mountain range is between the two location. Shortly after takeoff the plt radioed burlington approach control and requested an IFR clearance to land at burlington. He reported that he was 10 miles nw of montpelier. The plt was assigned a transponder code. The air traffic controller then noticed that the acft was near a mountain at a unverified altitude of 3500 ft. the controller alerted the plt that he was 2 miles south of a 4393 ft high mountain. There was no response from the plt. The acft collided with the east side of ethan allen at a height of 3580 ft. the acft was on a northwest heading at impact. VFR conditions of 3800 ft broken and 4000 ft scattered existed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6341U
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 137947
- Airframe hours
- 8,072
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Parcel Express
- Registered owner
- Inter American Leasing
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1986 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- MPV · Montpelier, VT
- Destination
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Airport
- BTV · Burlington International
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
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,428 total · 53 in this make and model · 2,346 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Observed at
- BTV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.