- Date
- October 5, 1975
- Place
- Crescent City, CA · CRESCENT CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4526SBeech A36
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751005040699A
- Case key
- 151525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3662 75/10/5 NR.CRESCENT CITY,CA BEECH A36 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1835 N4526S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 39, 1200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 44 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURNS,OR CRESCENT CITY,CA 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 - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PARTS OF ACFT & 2 OCCUPANTS WASHED ASHORE 10/7/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4526S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jack Mcnamara Fld
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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.