ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 4266
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Date: | Tuesday 19 March 1968 |
Time: | 09:55 |
Type: | Beechcraft G18S |
Owner/operator: | D. L. Peterson Trust |
Registration: | N172S |
MSN: | BA-541 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Weston, VT -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: While cruising under VFR mode in foggy conditions, the crew failed to realize that their altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located in the region of Weston. The aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants have been killed.
- Probable Cause:
The crew continued under VFR mode in adverse weather conditions and became lost and disoriented. The crew attempted an IFR flight with know defective directional gyro.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC68A0107 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/sites/default/files/2018-05/N172S.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
17-Mar-2020 23:59 |
Captain Adam |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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