- Date
- September 13, 1972
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA · SANTA MARIA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N281HBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3632 72/9/13 SANTA MARIA,CALIF BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0154 N281H PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 26, 2768 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1316 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MARIA PUB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF SANTA MARIA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: APPROACH LIGHTING WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT SAID APCH LTS WERE TOO BRIGHT.ACFT WENT BLO GLIDE SLOPE,HIT MIDDLE MRKR,ABORTED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N281H
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Maria Pub
N281HRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2009 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N281H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.