- Date
- January 12, 1971
- Place
- Killeen, TX · KILLEEN, TX
- Injuries
- 9 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12RABeech 99A
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0004 71/1/12 KILLEEN,TEX BEECH 99A CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 4200 TIME - 1820 N12RA PX- 0 8 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KILLEEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX KILLEEN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- PLT KNEW WEA WAS BELOW VOR MINIMUMS FROM ATC AND ANOTHER PLT WHO HAD TO DIVERT TO ALTERNATE ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12RA
- Reported as
- Beech 99A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Killeen
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