- Date
- February 12, 1974
- Place
- Gettysburg, SD · GETTYSBURG, SD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6DHBeech F33A
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740212004739A
- Case key
- 186945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0377 74/2/12 GETTYSBURG,S DAK BEECH F33A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N6DH PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 115 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GETTYSBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GETTYSBURG,S DAK SIOUX FALLS,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 285 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED WHILE TURNING OFF LANDING LIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6DH
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gettysburg Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.