UNK65X1093

NTSB accident investigation · Beechcraft 95-B55 · Good Thunder, MN · December 22, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
December 22, 1964
Place
Good Thunder, MN · GOOD THUNDER, MN
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N8849MBeechcraft 95-B55
Status
Completed · report February 23, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
180683

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0910  64/12/22   GOOD THUNDER MINN   BEECHCRAFT 95-B55   CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1000
        TIME - 2030                    N8849M              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT 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 - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     FOG
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           24                                                       40
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           10                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE/12/24/64.

Aircraft

Registration
N8849M
Reported as
Beechcraft 95-B55
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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