- Date
- February 9, 1975
- Place
- So Lake Tahoe, CA · SO LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 minor, 38 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N711STBritish AC 1-11
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750209004399A
- Case key
- 148156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1135 75/2/9 SO LAKE TAHOE,CA BRITISH AC 1-11 CR- 0 0 6 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6191 TIME - 0956 N711ST PX- 0 1 37 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1014 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SO LAKE TAHOE,CA DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS COPILOT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 31 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ATTMPTD TKOF FRM PARTIALLY CLRD RWY IN LOW VIS DUE HEAVY SNOW.HIT SNOW BERM & LOST CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711ST
- Reported as
- British AC 1-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Tahoe
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.