- Date
- January 22, 1980
- Place
- Amherstdale, WV · AMHERSTDALE, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39PGBeech E55
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800122001429A
- Case key
- 132256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0100 80/1/22 AMHERSTDALE,WV BEECH E55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 10900 TIME - 0830 N39PG PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMHERSTDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV AMHERSTDALE,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LIGHT AND VARIABLE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CANCELLED IFR FLT PLAN BFR STARTING DESCENT TO DEST ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39PG
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Amherstdale
N39PGRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Beech E-55Airframe modelBeech E-55Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.