- Date
- October 19, 1977
- Place
- Valparaiso, IN · VALPARAISO, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17530Beech 200
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771019038979A
- Case key
- 144326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4252 77/10/19 NR.VALPARAISO,IN BEECH 200 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2300 N17530 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 39, 7715 TOTAL HOURS, 911 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX VALPARAISO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DSCNDD BELOW MDA.HIT PWR LINES ABT 1MI FRM ARPT.PATCHES OF GROUND FOG IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17530
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Porter County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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