- Date
- May 18, 1973
- Place
- Kent, OH · KENT, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6139NBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730518017599A
- Case key
- 173529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1660 73/5/18 KENT,OHIO BEECH B23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 190 TIME - 1112 N6139N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 169 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREW W PATTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENT,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 3RD APCH TO LDG.DRG LVL OFF ENCTRD L GUST,ACFT T/D L WING LOW ABT 90 DEG TO RWY.WIND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6139N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Andrew W Patton
N6139NRegistration cancelled May 2, 1974 · Beech B23Airframe modelBeech B23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.