- Date
- October 16, 1976
- Place
- Mitchellville, MD · MITCHELLVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3889NBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761016033329A
- Case key
- 152513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3199 76/10/16 MITCHELLVILLE,MD BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 650 TIME - 1000 N3889N PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 314 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MITCHELLVILLE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- NO DUAL CTLS IN ACFT.WIND GUSTING 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3889N
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
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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.