- Date
- February 7, 1978
- Place
- Cascade Locks, OR · CASCADE LOCKS, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3087VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780207004119A
- Case key
- 143248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0400 78/2/7 NR.CASCADE LOCKS,OR BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 365 TIME - UNK/NR N3087V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/24/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3087V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3087VRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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