- Date
- January 10, 1973
- Place
- June Lake, CA · JUNE LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8816ABeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730110000939A
- Case key
- 169647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0182 73/1/10 JUNE LAKE,CALIF BEECH B35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 717 TIME - 1750 N8816A PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 448 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAMMOTH LAKE,CALIF OAKLAND,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT TOLD FSS PERSONNEL HE FELT HE COULD GO UNDER THE CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8816A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.