- Date
- October 24, 1970
- Place
- Ocean City, MD · OCEAN CITY, MD
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7955LBeech A23-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1641 70/10/24 OCEAN CITY,MD BEECH A23-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 275 TIME - 1400 N7955L PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL APT,VA OCEAN CITY,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TRAFFIC PATTERN IMPROPERLY FLOWN. STALLED ON STEEP TURN TO DOWNWIND LEG AT LOW ALT. HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955L
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ocean City
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