- Date
- February 16, 1976
- Place
- Hailey, ID · HAILEY, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N362DBBeech A60
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760216002359A
- Case key
- 152308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0168 76/2/16 HAILEY,ID BEECH A60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1638 TIME - 1730 N362DB PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 807 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAILEY,ID PALO ALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 30 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- INADEQUATE TAXI/RWY MARKING.PLT MISTOOK TAXIWAY FOR RUNWAY.HIT SNOWBANK AT END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N362DB
- Reported as
- Beech A60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Friedman Memorial
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.