- Date
- October 7, 1970
- Place
- Sturgis, SD · STURGIS, SD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8685QBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4075 70/10/7 STURGIS,S DAK BEECH 95-B55 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 14294 TIME - 0725 N8685Q PX- 0 0 2 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STURGIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PIERRE,S DAK STURGIS,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- TKOF ON SLUSHY RWY.R GR DID NOT EXTEND.GR WOULD INDC DOWN IN THIS CONFIGURATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8685Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sturgis