19730318010569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A23 · Griffith, IN · March 18, 1973

Date
March 18, 1973
Place
Griffith, IN
Airport
Griffith
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3533R
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI73DET18
Reported as
Beech A23
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Wind gusting 20K.initiatd goarnd,plt not aware of dmgd l gr. Lndd un maintain dir ctl hit snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUSTING 20K.INITIATD GOARND,PLT NOT AWARE OF DMGD L GR.LNDD UN MAINTAIN DIR CTL HIT SNOWBANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.