- Date
- November 30, 1970
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8000MBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2388 70/11/30 SUGAR GROVE,ILL BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1914 N8000M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 29, 6597 TOTAL HOURS, 8 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANCHESTER,NH AURORA,ILL 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 - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- BUSINESS/DUAL X-C.PLT CHNGD DEST ENROUTE. DESCENDED BELOW MDA. HIT TREES ABOUT 1 M1 FROM FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8000M
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aurora
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