- Date
- March 19, 1977
- Place
- Morris, IL · MORRIS, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2309ZBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770319020289A
- Case key
- 157963
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1165 77/3/19 MORRIS,IL BEECH 23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 481 TIME - 2018 N2309Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRIS MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY MORRIS,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2309Z
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morris Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2309Z · 1
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