- Date
- November 20, 1968
- Place
- Gustine, CA · GUSTINE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3854BBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4698 68/11/20 NR.GUSTINE,CALIF BEECH F35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1335 TIME - 1800 N3854B PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/23/68. 40 MI OFF INTENDED COURSE. STRUCK SIDE OF MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3854B
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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