- Date
- January 14, 1972
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N366SBeech F33
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0042 72/1/14 AMARILLO,TEX BEECH F33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 75 TOTAL TIME - 0715 N366S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRADEWIND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TEX WACO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT 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 OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 14 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CKD WX ABT 0600HRS,ADZD FROPA AFTR 0700HRS.DID NOT RECHCK.CRASHED ABT 2000FT FRM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366S
- Reported as
- Beech F33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tradewind
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