- Date
- March 26, 1981
- Place
- Eau Claire, WI · EAU CLAIRE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N168FBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810326014899A
- Case key
- 127108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0756 81/3/26 EAU CLAIRE,WI BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1629 TIME - 0318 N168F PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILWAUKEE,WI EAU CLAIRE,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RWY22 ILS APCH.HIT TREES 7MI SW OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N168F
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eau Claire Muni
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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.