- Date
- February 4, 1970
- Place
- Spirit Lake, IA · SPIRIT LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N646QBeech K35
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0687 70/2/4 SPIRIT LAKE,IOWA BEECH K35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 471 TIME - 1030 N646Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 425 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MASON CITY,IOWA HURON S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- LDG APCH WHEELS UP,PROP HIT RNWY.ATMTD GO-AROUND UN CLB,LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N646Q
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spirit Lake
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