- Date
- December 3, 1977
- Place
- Rio Rico, AZ · RIO RICO, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5912SBeech V35A
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771203040749A
- Case key
- 143826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3860 77/12/3 RIO RICO,AZ BEECH V35A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 118 TIME - 0930 N5912S PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GULF AMERICAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,AZ RIO RICO,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- HIT 2 FT BERM ON RWY. DMGD WINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5912S
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gulf American
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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.