- Date
- August 19, 1965
- Place
- Mead, WA · MEAD, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4132DHelio Acft H-391B
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0998 65/8/19 NR.MEAD WASH HELIO ACFT H-391B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2050 N4132D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 55, 6680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 253 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 58 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4132D
- Reported as
- Helio Acft H-391B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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