- Date
- August 15, 1976
- Place
- Van Buren, AR · VAN BUREN, AR
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3015WBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760815023299A
- Case key
- 154977
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2048 76/8/15 VAN BUREN,AR BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 2995 TIME - 1605 N3015W PX- 0 0 5 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2095 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWIN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR VAN BUREN,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3015W
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twin City
N3015WRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.