- Date
- January 19, 1969
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N521UBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0347 69/1/19 LUBBOCK,TEX BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 744 TIME - 2001 N521U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 565 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST TEXAS TERM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DID NOT EXECUTE MISSED APPCH WHEN ILS G/S FAILED.PRESS ALT SETTING KNOB INOP.RADAR ALT WAS IN USE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521U
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Texas Term
N521URegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2021 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N521U · 1
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