- Date
- February 21, 1975
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8794RBeech B60
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750221018539A
- Case key
- 148695
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1507 75/2/21 HOUSTON,TX BEECH B60 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2130 N8794R PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS 52, 15060 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TX HOUSTON,TX 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ 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 OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCND INTO GRND ABT 2 MI SHORT OF RWY IN BLO MIN COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8794R
- Reported as
- Beech B60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Intercontinental
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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.