- Date
- October 20, 1969
- Place
- Dell City, TX · DELL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3497BBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4250 69/10/20 DELL CITY,TEX BEECH E35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 408 TIME - 1830 N3497B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTON GIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TEX EL PASO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DIVERTED AFT MARGINAL VFR BECAME ADVERSE.UN LOCATE UNLTD ARPT.HIT GRND DURG LDG ATMT AT AG STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3497B
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cotton Gin
N3497BRegistration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Beech E35Airframe modelBeech E35Engine modelContinental E225 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.