- Date
- May 29, 1980
- Place
- Saluda, VA · SALUDA, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N540UBeech C-55A
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0976 80/5/29 SALUDA,VA BEECH C-55A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 824 TIME - 1640 N540U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMEL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWIE,MD SALUDA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- DISPLACED THR,ROAD.FIM-MAINTAIN 20FT OVR ROAD.ALSO STRUCK C-182,N224AC,SUBST DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N540U
- Reported as
- Beech C-55A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hummel Field