- Date
- December 8, 1968
- Place
- Wolf Creek, MT · WOLF CREEK, MT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6257XAero Comdr 560-F
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4810 68/12/8 NR.WOLF CREEK,MONT AERO COMDR 560-F CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1055 N6257X PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 46, 7157 TOTAL HOURS, 107 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MONT MISSOULA,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT-LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/9/69. FLEW INTO KNOWN TURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6257X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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