- Date
- December 18, 1969
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6302UAero Comdr 680-FL
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4713 69/12/18 GAITHERSBURG,MD AERO COMDR 680-FL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1635 TIME - 1855 N6302U PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 208 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JASPER,ALA GAITHERSBURG,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MADE 360 ON FINAL APCH FOR SPACING. LND TO L OF RWY. ENCOUNTERED ICING COND ON FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6302U
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680-FL
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery County
N6302URegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Aero Commander 680FLAirframe modelAero Commander 680FLEngine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.