- Date
- June 22, 1978
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N941KBeech 100
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780622030069A
- Case key
- 140328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3080 78/6/22 NR.MUSCLE SHOALS,AL BEECH 100 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0712 N941K PX- 0 1 3 CORP/EXEC 58, 20834 TOTAL HOURS, 24 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCLE SHOALS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TN MUSCLE SHOALS,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR 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 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- REDUCED PROPS INSTEAD OF THROTTLES ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N941K
- Reported as
- Beech 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscle Shoals
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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