Beechcraft BB-55 N6757Z

Summary

On 31 May 1984 at about 03:30 local time, a Beechcraft BB-55 registered N6757Z was involved in an accident near Duchesne, Utah, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 May 1984 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Duchesne, Utah, United States

Coordinates

40.1005, -110.4893

Aircraft

Beechcraft BB-55

Registration

N6757Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Englewood

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN84FA166

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAIN AT AN ELEVATION OF 12,000 FT MSL. WX AT ROOSEVELT, UT, 42 NM SE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AT 2030 MDT WAS ESTIMATED 7,000 FT BKN, 25,000 FT BKN, 40 MILES VISIBILITY, 70 DEG F, WITH CUMULUS NIMBUS CLOUDS NE AND SE. RADAR SUMMARY CHARTS SHOW NUMEROUS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AREA AS WERE FORECAST. ACCIDENT OCCURRED APRX 6 MILES NORTH OF VICTOR AIRWAY 101. MINIMUM EN RUOTE ALT FOR V101 IS 15,000 FT MSLWITH A MINIMUM OBSTRUCTION CLEARANCE ALT OF 14,600 FT MSL. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLT AND THE ACFT WAS NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT. NO RECORD OF THE PLT OBTAINING A WX BRIEFING BEFORE THE FLT COULD BE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.