- Date
- March 9, 1978
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3693BBeech C50
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780309004409A
- Case key
- 143221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0474 78/3/9 NR.MAMMOTH LAKES,CA BEECH C50 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0826 N3693B PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 53, 20239 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5782 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISHOP,CA MAMMOTH LAKES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE ANY ELECTRONIC LANDING AIDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3693B
- Reported as
- Beech C50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
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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.