- Date
- March 18, 1977
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI · MILWAUKEE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9929ZBeech C45H
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770318006749A
- Case key
- 157454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0762 77/3/18 MILWAUKEE,WI BEECH C45H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0015 N9929Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 41, 5454 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1575 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENERAL MITCHEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KENOSHA,WI MILWAUKEE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ALT FOUND AT SETTING THAT WOULD CAUSE ACFT TO BE 180FT LOWER THAN INDICATED.HIT FENCES AFT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9929Z
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- General Mitchel
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9929Z · 1
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