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DEN69A0050

1969-06-13 · LANDER, Wyoming, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N1242Z has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (EMBRAER SA EMB-550, built 2025), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH 95-55 · N1242Z
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
140° / 6 kt
Temp
42° F

Aircraft history

Total time
1,195 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
3,574
Age
44

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ARK NITE,TO ARPT LACKING NAVAIDS.FLEW INTO MT SIDE

Investigator remarks

RECOVERY DATE-6/16/69.VFR FLT OVER UNLGTD AREA,D

Cause factors

  • 64/A/53 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED ALTITUDE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 80/J/A9 J
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint cause
  • 82/J/A J
    WEATHER LOW CEILING Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2021. Source file NTSB_1969_3_2021.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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