- Date
- November 25, 1979
- Place
- Delta, OH · DELTA, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3949ABeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791125037579A
- Case key
- 133171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3266 79/11/25 DELTA,OH BEECH V35B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 9000 TIME - 1942 N3949A PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4750 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FL OTTAWA,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PRIOR TO CRASH,CONTROLLER WARNED-ACFT DESCENDING.PLT REPLIED-CLIMBING W SICK PAX.WND GSTG 23KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3949A
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.