- Date
- August 1, 1973
- Place
- Wakefield, VA · WAKEFIELD, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N42BBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730801028599A
- Case key
- 188806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3671 73/8/1 WAKEFIELD,VA BEECH V35B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1945 N42B PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 51, 7940 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 593 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAKEFIELD MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PETERSBURG,VA WAKEFIELD,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD EST 150-200FT AGL IN R DSCNDG TURN WHICH CONT INTO A CORN FLD.PAX FELT ACFT FALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42B
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wakefield Mun
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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.