- Date
- February 14, 1970
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5659DBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0760 70/2/14 KANSAS CITY,KANS BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0108 N5659D PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 29, 2014 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1133 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,ARK KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: VACUUM PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW, FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 22 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIL FLT.PLT AWARE OF ICING COND.L VACUUM PUMP FAILED,AT UNDET TIME,LIMITED DE-ICING CAPABILITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5659D
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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