- Date
- October 29, 1977
- Place
- Lamar, MO · LAMAR, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4178BAero Comdr 520
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771029033169A
- Case key
- 145299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3163 77/10/29 LAMAR,MO AERO COMDR 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 457 TIME - 2130 N4178B PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 193 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMAR MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST PAUL,MN ROGERS,AR LAMAR,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - 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 LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4178B
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lamar Mun
N4178BRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4178B · 2
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