- Date
- February 14, 1973
- Place
- Athens, GA · ATHENS, GA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N570DUBeech 100
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730214008079A
- Case key
- 170670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0829 73/2/14 ATHENS,GA BEECH 100 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N570DU PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 64, 19633 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1522 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATHENS MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DEL ATHENS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO ARREST HIGH SINK RATE DRG LDG FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MDA 1160FT.0946 SPCL WX.FLAPS FOUND IN UP PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N570DU
- Reported as
- Beech 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Athens Municipal
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.