- Date
- January 10, 1974
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9887FCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740110003069A
- Case key
- 187132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0154 74/1/10 MIDLAND,TEX CESSNA 340 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2138 N9887F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 49, 9542 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 365 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WACO,TEX LUBBOCK,TEX MIDLAND,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST COMPLETETELY ERRONEOUS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT WENT BELOW MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9887F
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland Regional
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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.