- Date
- January 29, 1970
- Place
- Willoughby H, OH · WILLOUGHBY H, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N239PSwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1771 70/1/29 WILLOUGHBY H,OHIO SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1924 N239P PX- 0 2 0 CORP/EXEC 33, 3733 TOTAL HOURS, 225 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,NY CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DSCNDD BLO MDA HIT TREES APRX 4610FT NE OF RWY.ACFT,LOW ALT APRX LVL,BOTH LDG LTS ON IN HVY SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N239P
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cuyahoga County
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