- Date
- March 26, 1980
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37BSBeech A-36
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800326010399A
- Case key
- 131948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0665 80/3/26 LOS FRESNOS,TX BEECH A-36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 2475 TIME - 0200 N37BS PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AG AIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS FRESNOS,TX HARLINGEN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37BS
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ag Air
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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.