- Date
- December 19, 1966
- Place
- Elkhart, IN · ELKHART, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N342WSAero Comdr 680F
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0900 66/12/19 ELKHART IND AERO COMDR 680F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1636 N342WS PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 60, 7336 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1670 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKHART MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT CANCELLED IFR AFTER VOR APCH.CIRCLED TO LAND OVERSHOT RNWY CNTRLINE.TERRAIN,RNWY SNOW COVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342WS
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elkhart Muni
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