- Date
- February 3, 1977
- Place
- Beckmam, TX · BECKMAM, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N34SMSwearingen SA266T
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770203014509A
- Case key
- 157943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1082 77/2/3 NR.BECKMAM,TX SWEARINGEN SA266T CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0054 N34SM PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 56, 18812 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 283 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA SAN ANTONIO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CLRD FOR ILS APCH RWY 12R,NAV RCVR TUNED TO FREQ FOR ILS APCH RWY 3R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34SM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA266T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Antonio Inter
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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.