- Date
- January 20, 1970
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2032WBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0162 70/1/20 SOUTH BEND,IND BEECH 35-C33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 960 TIME - 1900 N2032W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOSEPH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGTON,MICH SOUTH BEND,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG 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 OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 5 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WINDSHIELD HEAT INOP. DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MINIMUMS. UNABLE TO SEE FORWARD. NOT G/S EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2032W
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Joseph County
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