- Date
- March 6, 1971
- Place
- Harrison, AR · HARRISON, AR
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7708RBeech 36
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0246 71/3/6 HARRISON,ARK BEECH 36 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 798 TIME - 0845 N7708R PX- 5 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOONE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAYETTEVILLE,ARK HARRISON,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL ON TURN TO FINAL APCH. SEVERE ICING CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED,ACFT NOT DE-ICER EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7708R
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boone County
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