- Date
- January 29, 1973
- Place
- Muncie, IN · MUNCIE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34WWBeech A45
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730129001879A
- Case key
- 169907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0378 73/1/29 MUNCIE,IND BEECH A45 CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1213 N34WW PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 30, 3463 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 72 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNCIE-DELAWARE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUNCIE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- DID NOT REMOVE ALL SNOW AND ICE FROM ACFT BFR TKOF.ABT 400FT AGL,L WING DROPPED,ACFT DSCNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34WW
- Reported as
- Beech A45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muncie-Delaware
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.