- Date
- March 6, 1980
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80KCBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800306005619A
- Case key
- 132261
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0102 80/3/6 HOUSTON,TX BEECH 58 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2157 N80KC PX- 0 1 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 52, 9697 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAM P HOBBY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MT.PLEASANT,TN HOUSTON,TX BATON ROUGE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- STRUCK PWR LINES 2MI FRM ARPT & 1MI FRM ARPT.1ST FLT THIS DATE 0800.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80KC
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- William P Hobby
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N80KC · 1
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