- Date
- January 13, 1980
- Place
- Leesburg, FL · LEESBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9320YBeech M35
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800113000479A
- Case key
- 132182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0029 80/1/13 NR.LEESBURG,FL BEECH M35 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 3000 TIME - 1830 N9320Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING BARON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALDOSTA,GA LEESBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR OTHER REMARKS- COPLT FLEW ACFT AFTR IFR CNLD.MOVED YOKE TO PIC DRG G/A,HIT TREES AS YOKE PASSED BACK & FORTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9320Y
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying Baron
N9320YRegistration cancelled Jul 1, 2013 · Beech M35Airframe modelBeech M35Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.