- Date
- April 1, 1972
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N661MWBeech 55
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0966 72/4/1 BIRMINGHAM,ALA BEECH 55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 210 TIME - 1229 N661MW PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA MUSCLE SHOALS,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N661MW
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham
N661MWRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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