- Date
- July 13, 1973
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7282DBeech 60
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730713028049A
- Case key
- 189606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1884 73/7/13 VALDOSTA,GA BEECH 60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1555 TIME - 0747 N7282D PX- 1 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBLEE,GA VALDOSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HI ON LCLZR APCH,DIDNT EXECUTE MISSED APCH.ATTEMPTED CIRCLING APCH BLO PUBLISHED MINIMUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7282D
- Reported as
- Beech 60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.