| Date: | Sunday 23 November 1980 |
| Time: | 19:55 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 76 Duchess |
| Owner/operator: | Thompson Beech |
| Registration: | N6048Y |
| MSN: | ME178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Morgan, UT -
United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Kemmerer, Wyoming |
| Destination airport: | Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah (SLC/KSLC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 23-11-1980 when crashed near Morgan, Utah' the pilot, the sole person on board, was killed. according to the following extract from the official NTSb report into the accident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S): PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
FACTOR(S): WEATHER - SNOW ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | DEN81FA012 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: DEN81FA012 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=29417&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6048Y 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ut/N6048Y/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 09-Dec-2016 16:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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