- Date
- December 8, 1971
- Place
- Grand Island, NE · GRAND ISLAND, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N113SBeech Volpar
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4539 71/12/8 GRAND ISLAND,NEBR BEECH VOLPAR CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0041 N113S PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 24, 3690 TOTAL HOURS, 480 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IOWA GRAND ISLAND,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ICING FCST FOR ROUTE AND DEST.DE-ICING EQUIP NOT ADEQUATE FOR AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113S
- Reported as
- Beech Volpar
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Island
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