- Date
- August 19, 1974
- Place
- Lake Jackson, TX · LAKE JACKSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N440RBeech 65-88
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740819028369A
- Case key
- 134360
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2573 74/8/19 LAKE JACKSON,TEX BEECH 65-88 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0500 N440R PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 37, 7016 TOTAL HOURS, 100 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRAZORIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX LAKE JACKSON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- CNCD IFR,MADE VFR APCH.REQD APCH LITES TURNED OFF,TOO BRITE.ENCTRD PATCHES OF KNOWN GND FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440R
- Reported as
- Beech 65-88
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brazoria County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.