- Date
- December 30, 1978
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2029NBeech C-90
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781230045339A
- Case key
- 138475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4018 78/12/30 HOUSTON,TX BEECH C-90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 6600 TIME - 2007 N2029N PX- 0 1 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERCONTINENTAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,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) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2029N
- Reported as
- Beech C-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Intercontinental
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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.