- Date
- August 1, 1976
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8681QBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760801024639A
- Case key
- 155028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1878 76/8/1 BILLINGS,MT BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 75, 24000 TIME - 1500 N8681Q PX- 2 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BILLINGS,MT CODY,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8681Q
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.