- Date
- November 23, 1964
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6872SAero Cmdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3693 64/11/23 PORTLAND ORE AERO CMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N6872S PX- 0 0 5 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 475 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND INT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 205 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 50 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6872S
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland Int
N6872SRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2013 · Aero Commander 680-EAirframe modelAero Commander 680-EEngine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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