- Date
- July 27, 1968
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50615Cessna T-50
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4713 68/7/27 NR.ELLENSBURG,WASH CESSNA T-50 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1115 TIME - 1025 N50615 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBSERVED TO STRIKE GRND DURING STEEP TURN BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 322 MG PCT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50615
- Reported as
- Cessna T-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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