- Date
- July 29, 1974
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE · SCOTTSBLUFF, NE
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N129XBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740729023789A
- Case key
- 134558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 74/7/29 SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR BEECH V35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 580 TIME - 1345 N129X PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 505 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCOTTSBLUFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSBLUFF,NEBR OMAHA,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 83 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- TAIL HIT RWY DRG LIFT-OFF.DENS ALT ABT 6350FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N129X
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scottsbluff
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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.