- Date
- November 27, 1980
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N24ACBeech 58TC
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801127075919A
- Case key
- 127948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3235 80/11/27 NR.ELLENSBURG,WA BEECH 58TC CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 532 TIME - 1024 N24AC PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 410 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24AC
- Reported as
- Beech 58TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N24ACRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Beech 58TCAirframe modelBeech 58TCEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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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.