- Date
- March 21, 1972
- Place
- Worthington, MN · WORTHINGTON, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9407SBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1245 72/3/21 WORTHINGTON,MINN BEECH V35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1650 TIME - 0055 N9407S PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORTHINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRAIRIE DU CHIEN,WIS WORTHINGTON,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO GRND IN LOW ALT TURN.RECOVERY DATE 3/22/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9407S
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Worthington
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