- Date
- March 9, 1973
- Place
- Mineola, TX · MINEOLA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9027SBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730309004979A
- Case key
- 169852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0406 73/3/9 MINEOLA,TEX BEECH 35-C33 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 437 TIME - 2230 N9027S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 326 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINEOLA WISENER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TYLER,TEX MINEOLA,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO WATCH ALTITUDE AND ALLOWED ACFT TO LOSE ALTITUDE WHILE LOOKING FOR ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9027S
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mineola Wisener
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.