- Date
- April 24, 1969
- Place
- Danville, IL · DANVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N315VABeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0575 69/4/24 DANVILLE,ILL BEECH 99 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1755 N315VA PX- 0 0 10 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 39, 7200 TOTAL HOURS, 513 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERMILION COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES REMARKS- L GR STRUCK DIRT HUMP 5 FT FROM THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N315VA
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vermilion County
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