- Date
- November 4, 1970
- Place
- Ukiah, CA · UKIAH, CA
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70CAero Comdr 560-E
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2936 70/11/4 NR.UKIAH,CALIF AERO COMDR 560-E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N70C PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 26, 1778 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 122 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OREG UKIAH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PLT MISREAD TIME ON APCH PLATE. CONT LETDOWN PAST ARPT INTO MTN RIDGE. SCTD DECKS BELOW OCST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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