- Date
- April 7, 1969
- Place
- Sac City, IA · SAC CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5727VBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0907 69/4/7 SAC CITY,IOWA BEECH V35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 4590 TIME - 1345 N5727V PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 790 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAC CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HEADWIND 20K GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5727V
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sac City
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