- Date
- August 14, 1976
- Place
- Columbus, NE · COLUMBUS, NE
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5232CBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760814036049A
- Case key
- 155584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3374 76/8/14 COLUMBUS,NE BEECH B35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 542 TIME - 2125 N5232C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,NE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- NO RECORD FOUND INDICATING PLT EVER RCVD ANY DUAL INSTRUCTION OR CHECKOUT IN BEECH 35 TYPE A/C.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5232C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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