- Date
- February 20, 1975
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1823WBeech 95
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750220004769A
- Case key
- 146853
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1005 75/2/20 OPA LOCKA,FL BEECH 95 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1335 N1823W PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 54, 15500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEESBURG,FL OPA LOCKA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ENCTRD WIND GUST WHILE RAISING FLAPS.NOSE GEAR STRUCK RWY,PROPS AND FUSELAGE DMGD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1823W
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa Locka
N1823WRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.