- Date
- August 13, 1976
- Place
- Defuniak Sprgs, FL · DEFUNIAK SPRGS, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1374ZBeech B95A
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760813027889A
- Case key
- 155455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2380 76/8/13 DEFUNIAK SPRGS,FL BEECH B95A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 68, 2644 TIME - 1200 N1374Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEFUNIAK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FL NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 88 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD LOW & FAST,THEN ENTRD A R STEEP BANK.CRASH OCRD ABT 3MI L OF EXTD CENTERLINE OF RWY 27.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1374Z
- Reported as
- Beech B95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Defuniak Springs
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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.