- Date
- December 18, 1980
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N301JDBeech 60
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801218075959A
- Case key
- 127699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3561 80/12/18 DENVER,CO BEECH 60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 349 TIME - 0915 N301JD PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX BROOMFIELD,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS, FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 36 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEVERE AIRFRAME & WINDSCREEN ICING. WINDSCREEN HEAT SYS TESTED INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301JD
- Reported as
- Beech 60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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