- Date
- March 18, 1973
- Place
- Griffith, IN · GRIFFITH, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3533RBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730318010569A
- Case key
- 170519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0977 73/3/18 GRIFFITH,IND BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 250 TIME - 1300 N3533R PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIFFITH,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K.INITIATD GOARND,PLT NOT AWARE OF DMGD L GR.LNDD UN MAINTAIN DIR CTL HIT SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3533R
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Griffith
N3533RRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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Other investigations on N3533R · 1
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