- Date
- October 6, 1968
- Place
- Groom, TX · GROOM, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6970QBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 68/10/6 GROOM,TEX BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N6970Q PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 30, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROOM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- RT WHEEL HIT A HOLE ON STRIP SWERVED ACFT INTO FENCE.GRASS 7-10 INS HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6970Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Groom
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