- Date
- May 17, 1964
- Place
- Washougal, WA · WASHOUGAL, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2344JBeechraft M-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0936 64/5/17 NR.WASHOUGAL WASH BEECHRAFT M-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 77 TOTAL TIME - 0539 N2344J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1012 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 47 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-05/23/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2344J
- Reported as
- Beechraft M-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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