CHI67A0084

NTSB accident investigation · Martin 404 · Cleveland, OH · January 7, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 7, 1967
Place
Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
Injuries
24 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N478AMartin 404
Status
Completed · report August 1, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
119657

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4826   67/1/7    CLEVELAND,OHIO      MARTIN 404          CR-  0  0  3  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0200                    N478A               PX-  0  0 21  CTR PASSG-D               UNK/NR, 7400 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BURKE LAKEFRONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: GO-AROUND
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  5000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          160                                                       20
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED GR UP AFTER PROPS STRUCK RNWY.GO-AROUND PROCEDURE NOT IN ACCORD WITH ACFT FLT MANUAL.

Aircraft

Registration
N478A
Reported as
Martin 404
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Burke Lakefront

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.