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NTSB accident investigation · Beech 23 · Sioux City, IA · April 22, 1974

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
April 22, 1974
Place
Sioux City, IA · SIOUX CITY, IA
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9110TBeech 23
Status
Completed · report May 15, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19740422008649A
Case key
186404

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0744  74/4/22    SIOUX CITY,IOWA     BEECH 23            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 61 TOTAL
        TIME - 1545                    N9110T              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SIOUX CITY MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CRYSTAL,MINN                SIOUX CITY,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        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                                                     LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          300                                                       20
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- ENCTRD GUST DRG LEVEL OFF ACFT CTCTD RWY ON R GR

Aircraft

Registration
N9110T
Reported as
Beech 23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Sioux City Muni

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N9110T · 3

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