- Date
- March 24, 1975
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2394WBeech A23-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750324004649A
- Case key
- 148365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0655 75/3/24 BIRMINGHAM,AL BEECH A23-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 891 TIME - 1633 N2394W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 860 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TN BIRMINGHAM,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 21 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2394W
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham Muni
N2394WRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2017 · Beech A23-24Airframe modelBeech A23-24Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2394W · 2
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