- Date
- March 10, 1967
- Place
- Klamath Fall, OR · KLAMATH FALL, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2712Fairchild F-27
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119029
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0007 67/3/10 NR.KLAMATH FALL,OREG FAIRCHILD F-27 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0503 N2712 PX- 1 0 0 38, 9271 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4684 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGSLEY FIELD OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-CONTROL LOSS DUE TO ICE ACCRETION ON AIRFRAME PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ICE NOT REMOVD,DEICE FLUID NOT APPLIED PRIOR T/O
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2712
- Reported as
- Fairchild F-27
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kingsley Field
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