- Date
- November 27, 1973
- Place
- Muscatine, IA · MUSCATINE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N262AABeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731127041689A
- Case key
- 187465
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3958 73/11/27 MUSCATINE,IOWA BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 8305 TIME - 2200 N262AA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2830 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCATINE MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IOWA CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ARPT MGR HEARD ACFT MAKE 3 LOW PASSES AS THOUGH ATMTG NDB APCH TO RWY 5.HIT ABT 1245FT BFR RWY 12.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N262AA
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muscatine Mun
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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