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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Tuscaloosa, AL · June 1, 1979

Date
June 1, 1979 · 21:19 local
Place
Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1955L
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA091
Reported as
Beech C23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
355 total54 in this make and model101 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Acft was seen to dive into trees off end of runway. Factors,dark night, no ground lights,student and instructor.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT WAS SEEN TO DIVE INTO TREES OFF END OF RUNWAY.FACTORS,DARK NIGHT, NO GROUND LIGHTS,STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR.

NTSB investigation

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