- Date
- August 23, 1976
- Place
- El Dorado, KS · EL DORADO, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7216BBeech J35
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760823026319A
- Case key
- 155554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2251 76/8/23 EL DORADO,KS BEECH J35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2195 TIME - 1315 N7216B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1587 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL DORADO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLINWOOD,KS EL DORADO,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPTD LOW VELOCITY WIND GUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7216B
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Dorado 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.