- Date
- March 22, 1969
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5488UBeech 56TC
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0749 69/3/22 SAN ANTONIO,TEX BEECH 56TC CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1938 N5488U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 54, 11705 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT/OWNR ENGAGED COML PLT FOR 2ND LEG FLT-MONTERY MEX-LAREDO TEX-S.ANTONIO.C-PLT NOT EXPR IN 56TC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5488U
- Reported as
- Beech 56TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
N5488URegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2017 · Beech 56TCAirframe modelBeech 56TCEngine modelLycoming TI0-541 series
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