- Date
- July 22, 1966
- Place
- Goleta, CA · GOLETA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N767DBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2854 66/7/22 GOLETA CALIF BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 255 TIME - 2130 N767D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 116 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) REMARKS- PILOT DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUMS.GO AROUND EFFECTED AND LANDING MADE WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N767D
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
N767DRegistration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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