- Date
- June 27, 1978
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5724KBeech 35-B33
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780627023039A
- Case key
- 141447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1800 78/6/27 MINERAL WELLS,TX BEECH 35-B33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 550 TIME - 2058 N5724K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINERAL WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PRICE,UT MINERAL WELLS,TX PLAINVIEW,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5724K
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mineral Wells
N5724KRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Beech 35-B33Airframe modelBeech 35-B33Engine 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.