- Date
- November 27, 1977
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN · TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7981RBeech 36
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771127042759A
- Case key
- 144225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4184 77/11/27 TERRE HAUTE,IN BEECH 36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1506 N7981R PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 53, 5255 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 648 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HULMAN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOBART,IN FRENCH LICK,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- WITNESS OBSERVED APPROX 3IN ICE PROTRUDING FROM LEADING EDGE OF WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7981R
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hulman Field
N7981RRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2002 · Beech 36Airframe modelBeech 36Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N7981R · 1
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