- Date
- December 12, 1981
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5860KAero Comdr 690C
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811212079999A
- Case key
- 122632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3584 81/12/12 PATTERSON,LA AERO COMDR 690C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6431 TIME - 1925 N5860K PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 604 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY P WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- L ENG INGESTED WOOD,UNKN LOCATION,LOC/DME APCH.CRASH IN L TURN/YAW.FND NO PRE-IMPACT DMG TO R ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5860K
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 690C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harry P Williams
N5860KRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 1983 · Rockwell International 690CAirframe modelRockwell International 690C
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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.