- Date
- October 12, 1969
- Place
- Ashland, WI · ASHLAND, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3785BBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160184
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3299 69/10/12 ASHLAND,WIS BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2210 N3785B PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 50, 13478 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 4085 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,WIS ASHLAND,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED APCH WITHOUT ESTAB POSITION OVER A FIX. SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND AND LNDG MADE AT DULUTH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3785B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kennedy
N3785BRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3785B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.