- Date
- January 6, 1978
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25NBeech 55
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780106000429A
- Case key
- 144119
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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 78/1/6 LEXINGTON,KY BEECH 55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 6000 TIME - 1949 N25N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ILS APCH,VISIBILITY 1/16 MILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25N
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blue Grass
N25NRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Beech 95-55Airframe modelBeech 95-55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.