- Date
- January 6, 1978
- Place
- El Campo, TX · EL CAMPO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7171NBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780106000859A
- Case key
- 143700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0134 78/1/6 EL CAMPO,TX BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3893 TIME - 1940 N7171N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1374 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENISON,IA EL CAMPO,TX MC ALESTER,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) 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 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED ON 2ND APP AT APPROX 300FT AGL FLYING OVR A/P THEN TURNING LEFT BEFORE IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7171N
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Metro
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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.