- Date
- October 11, 1970
- Place
- Grand Saline, TX · GRAND SALINE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5123CBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1551 70/10/11 GRAND SALINE,TEX BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 12850 TIME - 0945 N5123C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX LONGVIEW,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN 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 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN AREA OF TSTMS,HEAVY RAIN. LND ON HIWAY AND STRUCK ONCOMING CAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5123C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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