- Date
- March 3, 1967
- Place
- Janesville, WI · JANESVILLE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9966ZBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0556 67/3/3 JANESVILLE,WIS BEECH C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 9000 TIME - 0100 N9966Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- FABRIC SEPARATION AT ELEV.TRIM TAB HINGE AND ELEV-HOR.STAB HINGE AREAS.ACFT GND-LOOPD ON TOUCHDOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9966Z
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock County
N9966ZRegistration cancelled Sep 14, 1973 · Beech C-45GAirframe modelBeech C-45GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.