- Date
- September 27, 1980
- Place
- Giddings, TX · GIDDINGS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N46939Beech T-34B
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800927048399A
- Case key
- 127887
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3261 80/9/27 GIDDINGS,TX BEECH T-34B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 322 TIME - 1020 N46939 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX BEEVILLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 46 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) REMARKS- VFR FLT PLAN NOT OPENED AFTR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46939
- Reported as
- Beech T-34B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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