- Date
- February 11, 1969
- Place
- Niles, MI · NILES, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N779NMBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0642 69/2/11 NILES,MICH BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 3200 TIME - 2200 N779NM PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TYLER MEMORIAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 22 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N779NM
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tyler Memorial
N779NMRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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