- Date
- February 17, 1977
- Place
- Sioux City, IA · SIOUX CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5694KBeech S-35
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770217005479A
- Case key
- 157374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0256 77/2/17 SIOUX CITY,IA BEECH S-35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 2510 TIME - 1912 N5694K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NE SIOUX CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT CONTACTED POWER LINE POLE 25 FEET HIGH AT MIDDLE MARKER ON NIGHT VFR APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5694K
- Reported as
- Beech S-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Municipal
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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.