- Date
- July 12, 1971
- Place
- Tonopah, AZ · TONOPAH, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9741YBeech A33
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2659 71/7/12 TONOPAH,ARIZ BEECH A33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, TIME - 1000 N9741Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNER RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOME,ARIZ TONOPAH,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTD DUST DEVIL.HIT ROCK PILE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9741Y
- Reported as
- Beech A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turner Ranch
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