- Date
- April 23, 1967
- Place
- Butler, GA · BUTLER, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2312WBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1372 67/4/23 BUTLER,GA BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 116 TIME - 1445 N2312W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTLER AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- PLT SELECTED RNWY WITH 90 DEG 20 KT CROSSWIND. INTO-WIND TURF RNWY COVERED WITH HIGH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2312W
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Butler Airport
N2312WRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Beech A23AAirframe modelBeech A23AEngine modelContinental IO-346 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 N2312W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA93LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Myers, FLTotal loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to request winds aloft during the weather briefing.NTSB FTW75FPD40Accident · No injuriesClosedFort Worth, TX