- Date
- March 8, 1967
- Place
- Solsberry, IN · SOLSBERRY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5636DBeech D50A
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0434 67/3/8 SOLSBERRY, IND. BEECH D50A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 4975 TIME - 0837 N5636D PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 475 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 27 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED SINGLE ENG APPROACH WITH LNDG GEAR DOWN, FLAPS SET 20 DEGREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5636D
- Reported as
- Beech D50A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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