- Date
- March 6, 1980
- Place
- Blackwell, TX · BLACKWELL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N440TBeech F33A
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800306004439A
- Case key
- 131735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0152 80/3/6 BLACKWELL,TX BEECH F33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 747 TIME - 1836 N440T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINEOLA,TX BLACKWELL,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- MISTOOK TOP OF SMALL DAM FOR STRIP.HIT BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440T
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.