- Date
- December 10, 1969
- Place
- Montgomery, AL · MONTGOMERY, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N679TBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3642 69/12/10 MONTGOMERY,ALA BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2365 TIME - 0310 N679T PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 480 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANNELLY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,ALA MONTGOMERY,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ REMARKS- SIGHTED APCH LGTS,INADVERTENTLY TURNED ON WINDSHIELD ALCOHOL RESTRICTING FWD VISION.DSCNDD BLO MDA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N679T
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dannelly Field