- Date
- October 20, 1972
- Place
- Vancouver, Canada · VANCOUVER,BC,CAN, CD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9656YBeech 35P
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0093 72/10/20 VANCOUVER,BC,CAN BEECH 35P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2000 TIME - 1808 N9656Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,OREG VANCOUVER,BC,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNQUALIFIED IFR PLT ATMTNG ILS APCH.DEBRIS RCVRD.PRESUMED FATAL.INVESTIGATED BY CANADIAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9656Y
- Reported as
- Beech 35P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vancouver
N9656YRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Beech P35Airframe modelBeech P35Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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