- Date
- January 18, 1972
- Place
- Victoria, TX · VICTORIA, TX
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N658TCGates Lear 25
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0003 72/1/18 VICTORIA,TEX GATES LEAR 25 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 15500 TIME - 0745 N658TC PX- 7 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VICTORIA COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LACK OF ALT AWARENESS OF CREW ON DESCENT INTO KNOWN POOR VIS.ILLUSORY EFFECT PRESENT DUE FOG,SUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N658TC
- Reported as
- Gates Lear 25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Victoria County
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