- Date
- January 27, 1979
- Place
- Waukesha, WI · WAUKESHA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9ZZBeech 58P
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790127028359A
- Case key
- 137086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1086 79/1/27 WAUKESHA,WI BEECH 58P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1037 TIME - 0917 N9ZZ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKESHA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL WAUKESHA,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- SECOND MISSED APCH.BOTH MISSED APCHS FOLLOWED ADVISORY OF AN MSAW(MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9ZZ
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waukesha County
N9ZZRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Beech 58PAirframe modelBeech 58PEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 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.