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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech D55 · Gardner, KS · May 12, 1983

Date
May 12, 1983 · 05:10 local
Place
Gardner, KS
Airport
Johnson Co Indust
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N725M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC83FA108
Reported as
Beech D55
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,428 total2,000 in this make and model277 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.

Struck the ground short of the runway on a LOC approach. Indicates pilot failed to observe the mda in dense fog.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON A LOC APPROACH. INDICATES PILOT FAILED TO OBSERVE THE MDA IN DENSE FOG.

NTSB investigation

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