- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- Spring, TX · SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1095JNa Rockwell 112
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770324009179A
- Case key
- 157280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0599 77/3/24 SPRING,TX NA ROCKWELL 112 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1934 N1095J PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 30, 1838 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVID WAYNE HOOKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- NDB APCH.VOLT REG FOUND INOP.AUX PWR REQUIRED TO START ENG AT GEORGETOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1095J
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- David Wayne Hooks
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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