- Date
- July 6, 1971
- Place
- Sac City, IA · SAC CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7943RBeech V35A
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2682 71/7/6 SAC CITY,IOWA BEECH V35A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N7943R PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 23, 792 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 103 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAC CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELDORA,IOWA SAC CITY,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 85 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT. HIT SLOPE 8 FT SHORT OF RWY. MADE GO AROUND AND LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7943R
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sac City
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