ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330294
Date: | Wednesday 27 December 1972 |
Time: | 22:02 |
Type: | Lockheed L-1329 JetStar I |
Owner/operator: | Fluor Corp |
Registration: | N400M |
MSN: | 5008 |
Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Saranac Lake, NY -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Grand Island-Hall County Regional Airport, NE (GRI/KGRI) |
Destination airport: | Saranac Lake-Adirondack Airport, NY (SLK/KSLK) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Collided with trees and crashed while circling at 2140 feet in an area where MDA was 2960 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper IFR operation
FACTOR(S):
weather - low ceiling
weather - fog
weather - snow
weather briefing - unknown/not reported
weather forecast - weather considerably worse than forecast
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC73AN090 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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