- Date
- December 11, 1972
- Place
- Tupelo, MS · TUPELO, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2690BAero Comdr 560-E
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3948 72/12/11 TUPELO,MISS AERO COMDR 560-E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1724 N2690B PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 29, 3483 TOTAL HOURS, 22 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C.D.LEMONS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,ILL TUPELO,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- CIRCLING FLD AFTR STRAIGHT-IN VOR APCH.CRASHED ON FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2690B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560-E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- C.D.Lemons Muni
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