- Date
- December 4, 1966
- Place
- Saginaw, TX · SAGINAW, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N129NTemco D-16A
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3705 66/12/4 SAGINAW TEX TEMCO D-16A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 607 TIME - 1900 N129N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 442 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEACHAM FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BELOW GLIDE SLOPE MINIMUMS DURING ILS APP IN IFR WEATHER.PILOTS IFR CHARTS OUTDATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129N
- Reported as
- Temco D-16A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meacham Field
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