- Date
- May 2, 1969
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3281VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175035
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1804 69/5/2 FT LAUDERDALE,FLA BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0304 N3281V PX- 0 4 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LAUDERDALE EXC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.19 PCT.COLONY OF BAHAMAS PLT CERTIFICATE EXPIRED 9/27/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3281V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale Exc
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