- Date
- January 25, 1975
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N57VBeech 65-A90
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750125042359A
- Case key
- 146982
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0002 75/1/25 WASHINGTON,DC BEECH 65-A90 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1210 N57V PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 50, 9745 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASHINGTON NATL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OH WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNDD BLO MIN APCH SEGMENT ALT DRG VOR/DME APCH,HIT RADIO TWR,L WING SEPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57V
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Washington Natl
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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.