- Date
- February 5, 1969
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4447DBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1004 69/2/5 PEORIA,ILL BEECH G35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2134 N4447D PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS AGE 35, 5951 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 762 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PEORIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUM ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4447D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Peoria
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