- Date
- April 30, 1973
- Place
- West Bend, WI · WEST BEND, WI
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N563TBeech 35-A33
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730430013039A
- Case key
- 190392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1337 73/4/30 WEST BEND,WIS BEECH 35-A33 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 6250 TIME - 0900 N563T PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST BEND MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAU CLAIRE,WIS WEST BEND,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NOT INST RATED.PLT STATED L WING DROPPED UN OVRRIDE AUTO PLT.AUTO PLT CKD BY MFG FOUND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N563T
- Reported as
- Beech 35-A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Bend Mun
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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.