- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Troy, AL · TROY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5148CBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1021 68/3/9 TROY,ALA BEECH 35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0215 N5148C PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 56, 15000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 5020 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LACK OF GRND REFERENCE LIGHTS IN APPROACH AREA.4 DEG UPHILL SLOPE ON APPROACH TO RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5148C
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Troy
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