- Date
- September 26, 1977
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N725MCBeech 200
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770926031899A
- Case key
- 158702
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2843 77/9/26 GAITHERSBURG,MD BEECH 200 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0855 N725MC PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 48, 20903 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE PLAINS,NY GAITHERSBURG,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA.LNDD BWI OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725MC
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery County
N725MCRegistration cancelled May 1, 2019 · Beech 200Airframe modelBeech 200Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N725MC · 1
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