- Date
- December 12, 1972
- Place
- Findlay, OH · FINDLAY, OH
- Injuries
- 7 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N521MHawker-Sdly DH125
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3744 72/12/12 FINDLAY,OHIO HAWKER-SDLY DH125 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1938 N521M PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC 47, 10966 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2117 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINDLAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY FINDLAY,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MISSED 2 STRAIGHT-IN VOR APCHS.ATTEMPTED VOR CIRCLING APCH IN BLO MINIMUM COND.DESCENDED BLO MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521M
- Reported as
- Hawker-Sdly DH125
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Findlay
N521MRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 1973 · Hawker Siddeley DH.125-3A/522Airframe modelHawker Siddeley DH.125-3A/522
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