- Date
- January 6, 1980
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23842Beech 76
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800106001099A
- Case key
- 131906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0491 80/1/6 SOUTH BEND,IN BEECH 76 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1806 N23842 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 847 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIANA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL SOUTH BEND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 32 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23842
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Michiana Regional
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.