- Date
- August 12, 1979
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4466WBeech E55
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790812031389I
- Case key
- 134742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2053 79/8/12 MESA,AZ BEECH E55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1022 TIME - 1345 N4466W PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 307 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRINGS,CO MESA,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- STANDING WTR ON RWY.ACFT HYDROPLANED OFF END OF RW INTO SOFT TERRAIN.ARPT W LONGER RWY NEARBY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4466W
- Reported as
- Beech E55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Falcon Field
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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.