- Date
- February 19, 1980
- Place
- Cape Girardeau, MO · CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9482YBeech N35
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800219002959A
- Case key
- 131718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0215 80/2/19 CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO BEECH N35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1410 TIME - 2004 N9482Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 764 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPE GIRARDEAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL CAIRO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG 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 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT MISREAD ALTIMETER BY 1000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9482Y
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cape Girardeau
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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.