- Date
- July 20, 1977
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N125WEBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770720036319A
- Case key
- 145427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3442 77/7/20 EUREKA,CA BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0640 N125WE PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 27, 2300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRAY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 750 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS IN ADVERSE WEATHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125WE
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Murray Field
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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.