- Date
- December 23, 1976
- Place
- Mcallen, TX · MCALLEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30AMBeech :50
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761223042589A
- Case key
- 156602
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3902 76/12/23 NR.MCALLEN,TX BEECH :50 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 3150 TIME - 1650 N30AM PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX MCALLEN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED 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 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LAST TRANSMISSION STATED PLT TRYING TO GET REORIENTED AFT LOSS OF INSTR. NO INSTRUMENT MAL FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30AM
- Reported as
- Beech :50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miller Internati0
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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.