- Date
- December 31, 1976
- Place
- Auburn, WA · AUBURN, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84BBBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761231040309A
- Case key
- 156678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3803 76/12/31 AUBURN,WA BEECH V35B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, UNK/NR TIME - 1430 N84BB PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP AUBURN,WA ROYAL CITY,WA BELLEVUE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 150 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WITNESS RPTS:ACFT ENTERED OVCST IN CLIMBING TURN,DIVED STEEPLY,PULLED UP INTO CLDS,DIVED TO GRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84BB
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Auburn Municipal
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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.