# NTSB SEA69A0032: Aero Comdr 560-F, N6257X, Wolf Creek, MT, December 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1968
- Place: Wolf Creek, MT · WOLF CREEK, MT
- Location: 47.0059° N, 112.0701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolf Creek, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0059&lon=-112.0701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192020
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0032
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0032

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6257X-1970-04-29), registration cancelled 1970-04-29, S/N 560F-1115-33 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 560-F
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-F](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-f) (registry code 0141408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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