- Date
- January 8, 1975
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4430ABeech 95-58
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750108004099A
- Case key
- 148034
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0212 75/1/8 DES MOINES,IA BEECH 95-58 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2925 TIME - 0441 N4430A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DES MOINES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT IMPACTED GND AT HI SPEED.ENGS BURIED 5-6 FT.GNL DISINTEGRATION OF ACFT.FLEW 7HR IN LAST 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4430A
- Reported as
- Beech 95-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Des Moines Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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