- Date
- December 31, 1970
- Place
- Mason City, IA · MASON CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N291BPBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4476 70/12/31 MASON CITY,IOWA BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1057 N291BP PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 44, 7011 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1860 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MASON CITY MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX CITY,IOWA MASON CITY,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- DSCNDD TO MDA,CONT FLT AT MDA OBSVD RWY,LNDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N291BP
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mason City Mun
N291BPRegistered now · Beech 95-B55 (T42A)Airframe modelBeech 95-B55 (T42A)Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.