- Date
- August 24, 1979
- Place
- Neihart, MT · NEIHART, MT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7635RBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790824025819A
- Case key
- 134187
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NTSB brief
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2669 79/8/24 NR.NEIHART,MT BEECH B23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 176 TIME - 1730 N7635R PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DILLON,MT LAKE LERANGE,CAN HAVRE,MT 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) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/25/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7635R
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7635RRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Beech B23Airframe modelBeech B23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7635R · 1
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