- Date
- December 24, 1965
- Place
- Louisa, VA · LOUISA, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N526MBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1092 65/12/24 LOUISA VA BEECH D35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 73 TOTAL TIME - 2235 N526M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 53 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- RUDDERVATOR FAILURE CAUSED BY AERODYNAMIC OVERLOADS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N526M
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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