- Date
- September 27, 1977
- Place
- Auburn, AL · AUBURN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N925BDBeech 100
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770927041069A
- Case key
- 144172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4035 77/9/27 AUBURN,AL BEECH 100 CR- 1 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 15000 TIME - 0740 N925BD PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN-OPELIKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL AUBURN,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TREES IN AREA OF FIRST IMPACT ARE ABT 73FT BELOW ARPT ELEVATION & 650FT BELOW MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925BD
- Reported as
- Beech 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Auburn-Opelika
N925BDRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Beech 100Airframe modelBeech 100Engine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
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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.