- Date
- April 17, 1971
- Place
- Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N123CBLear Jet 24D
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0059 71/4/17 NR.BUTTE,MONT LEAR JET 24D CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1615 N123CB PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 768 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 147 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POLSON,MONT BUTTE,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT MTN,6060FT MSL,APRX 1.6NM FRM VOR,PUBL ALT ABT 8000FT.MTNS OBSC.ARPT BLO MINS.ACFT RCVRD 4/19.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123CB
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 24D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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