- Date
- August 26, 1969
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3333MBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2690 69/8/26 MOBILE,ALA BEECH 65 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 14000 TIME - 0053 N3333M PX- 2 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 587 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY GA MOBILE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TWR OPNL 0600-2400 HRS,L X-WIND 100DEG 4K.DC9 IN PATN PRACTICING LDGS AND ILS LOW APCHS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3333M
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bates Field
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