- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Elkhart, IN · ELKHART, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8948MBeechcraft 35B33
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173623
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0059 66/1/15 ELKHART IND BEECHCRAFT 35B33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1650 N8948M PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 40, 8111 TOTAL HOURS, 2 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKHART TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT BEECHCRAFT D-18 N380 SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.PILOT FAILED TO CLOSE THROTTLE PROPERLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8948M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 35B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elkhart
N8948MRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Beech 35-B33Airframe modelBeech 35-B33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8948M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW86FA028Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportArlington, TXInspite of an adverse weather forecast, the non-instrument rated pilot took off into pre-dawn fog and low ceilings. The acft impacted the ground in a steep descending turn after being observed maneuvering at a low altitude. No eng, airframe, or instrument…NTSB CHI73FET12Accident · No injuriesClosedSouth Bend, IN