- Date
- January 16, 1964
- Place
- Utuado, PR · UTUADO, PR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8301DBeechcraft J35
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0127 64/1/16 UTUADO PR BEECHCRAFT J35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 615 TIME - 1700 N8301D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ REMARKS- PILOT DRIFTED FROM COURSE DURING NIGHT FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8301D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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