- Date
- February 15, 1980
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N729FBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800215002989A
- Case key
- 131908
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0495 80/2/15 NR.OLATHE,KS BEECH H18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1528 N729F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 36, 3566 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1647 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CO EXEC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OLATHE,KS RETURN IOLA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: TRANSMITTERS AND/OR RECEIVERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW 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 OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 26 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOST RDO TMTR.DESTN NDB/ILS GS INOP.DIVERTED.CRASHED DRG LOW VSBY APCH.ICE ON WINGS/STABILIZERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N729F
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnson Co Exec
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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.