- Date
- December 2, 1978
- Place
- Kirksville, MO · KIRKSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3234CBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781202036159A
- Case key
- 143972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3324 78/12/2 KIRKSVILLE,MO BEECH E35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 549 TIME - 1430 N3234C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARENCE CANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERAL,KS KIRKSVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 27 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3234C
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clarence Cannon
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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.