- Date
- June 18, 1976
- Place
- Janesville, CA · JANESVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6512RBeech B24R
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760618025619A
- Case key
- 154309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1839 76/6/18 NR.JANESVILLE,CA BEECH B24R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 791 TIME - 1535 N6512R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUSANVILLE MUNI. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUSANVILLE,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TRIED TO CROSS MTN RIDGE AT TOO LOW ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6512R
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Susanville Muni.
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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.