- Date
- December 29, 1974
- Place
- El Dorado, AR · EL DORADO, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N318QBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741229042989A
- Case key
- 145052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 74/12/29 EL DORADO,ARK BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1712 N318Q PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 27, 2378 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODWIN FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP UNION TOWN,ALA HOPE,ARK EL DORADO,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 64 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT BROKE OUT OF OCST MID RWY & ATTMPTD LOW VIS BLO MIN CIRCLING APCH.STATED HE WAS LOW ON FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N318Q
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Goodwin Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.