- Date
- March 7, 1977
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL · FORT MYERS, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5862SBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770307021769A
- Case key
- 157901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1249 77/3/7 FORT MYERS,FL BEECH 35-C33 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2230 N5862S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 63, 21572 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KANSAS CITY,KS FORT MYERS,FL BIRMINGHAM,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5862S
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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