- Date
- January 18, 1979
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2684BAero Comdr 560
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790118001059A
- Case key
- 137816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0158 79/1/18 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK AERO COMDR 560 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 392 TIME - 0306 N2684B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TINKER AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOT SPRINGS,AR OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 37 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT PATH ERRATIC DURING 5TH ATTEMPTED APPROACH.EMERGENCY DECLARED DUE LOW FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2684B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tinker Afb
N2684BRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2011 · Aero Commander 560Airframe modelAero Commander 560Engine modelLycoming GO-480 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.