- Date
- December 4, 1972
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8948MBeech 35-B33
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3853 72/12/4 SOUTH BEND,IND BEECH 35-B33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 699 TIME - 1810 N8948M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 407 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST JOSEPH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT VERNON,ILL SOUTH BEND,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 27 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LNDD SHORT OF RWY,HIT FROZEN RUTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8948M
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Joseph County
N8948MRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Beech 35-B33Airframe modelBeech 35-B33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8948M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW86FA028Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportArlington, TXInspite of an adverse weather forecast, the non-instrument rated pilot took off into pre-dawn fog and low ceilings. The acft impacted the ground in a steep descending turn after being observed maneuvering at a low altitude. No eng, airframe, or instrument…NTSB CHI66F0523Accident · No injuriesClosedElkhart, IN