- Date
- December 9, 1976
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI · EAU CLAIRE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N551UBeech C55
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761209040519A
- Case key
- 156646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3858 76/12/9 EAU CLAIRE,WI BEECH C55 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1155 N551U PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 31, 4914 TOTAL HOURS, 256 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAU CLAIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAU CLAIRE,WI SAINT PAUL,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N551U
- Reported as
- Beech C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eau Claire
N551URegistration cancelled Sep 13, 2013 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.