- Date
- November 16, 1978
- Place
- Hays, KS · HAYS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N901PCBeech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781116041569A
- Case key
- 138383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3730 78/11/16 HAYS,KS BEECH G18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0300 N901PC PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 34, 2574 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1095 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS HAYS,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N901PC
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hays 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.