- Date
- March 4, 1966
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9842Travel Air S6000B
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0292 66/3/4 ELLENSBURG WASH TRAVEL AIR S6000B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 254 TIME - 1510 N9842 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9842
- Reported as
- Travel Air S6000B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9842Registered now · Curtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-BAirframe modelCurtiss Wright TRAVEL AIR S-6000-BEngine modelWright 975 A B D&E
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