- Date
- September 3, 1973
- Place
- Macomb, IL · MACOMB, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N188QBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730903030309A
- Case key
- 188555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2787 73/9/3 MACOMB,ILL BEECH A35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1159 TIME - 1405 N188Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACOMB MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IOWA ANDERSON,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD TO N.ARPT 3MI FM SITE RECORDED S WIND 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N188Q
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Macomb Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N188Q · 1
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