- Date
- December 18, 1968
- Place
- Granite City, IL · GRANITE CITY, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3331VBeech B-35
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4687 68/12/18 NR.GRANITE CITY,ILL BEECH B-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1213 TIME - 1550 N3331V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1040 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 35K. LANDED ON LEVEE,INTNTL GRND LOOP TO AVOID GOING INTO CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3331V
- Reported as
- Beech B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3331VRegistration cancelled May 8, 2015 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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