- Date
- June 9, 1973
- Place
- Spruce Pine, NC · SPRUCE PINE, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3229CBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730609015259A
- Case key
- 190402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1348 73/6/9 SPRUCE PINE,NC BEECH E35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 700 TIME - 0945 N3229C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVERY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOONE,NC SPRUCE PINE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ABT 5FT ABV APCH END OF RWY R WING DROPPED HIT RUNWAY.BOTH SPARS IN WING BENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3229C
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Avery County
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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.