- Date
- December 21, 1969
- Place
- Republic, MO · REPUBLIC, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1539SBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3778 69/12/21 REPUBLIC,MO BEECH 65-80 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1825 N1539S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 47, 6577 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 105 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOCA RATON,FLA SPRINGFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-PROPELLER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APCH CTL ADVSD ICING IN CLDS.PLT RPRTD HVY ICING FULL DEICING EQUIPMENT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1539S
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westport
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