- Date
- April 25, 1972
- Place
- Port Aransas, TX · PORT ARANSAS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5130XBeech K35
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1608 72/4/25 PORT ARANSAS,TEX BEECH K35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 358 TIME - 1440 N5130X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSTANG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX PORT ARANSAS,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5130X
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mustang Beach
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