- Date
- July 28, 1978
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9798YBeech 35-B33
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780728043069A
- Case key
- 140421
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4314 78/7/28 ROCKFORD,IL BEECH 35-B33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 6554 TIME - 1625 N9798Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA ROCKFORD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 18KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9798Y
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cottonwood
N9798YRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2023 · Beech 35-B33Airframe modelBeech 35-B33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.