- Date
- May 15, 1973
- Place
- Decatur, MI · DECATUR, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N262QBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730515012219A
- Case key
- 190291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1511 73/5/15 DECATUR,MICH BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 618 TIME - 1615 N262Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DECATUR SEED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL DECATUR,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ASPHALT STRIP WHERE GR COLLAPSED WAS APRX 4IN ACJ SOD IN AREA DUE RECENT RAINS CAUSING EROSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N262Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Decatur Seed
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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.
Other investigations on N262Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.