- Date
- December 2, 1966
- Place
- Wheeling, WV · WHEELING, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9711Beech G18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4066 66/12/2 WHEELING W VA BEECH G18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0215 N9711 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 44, 8404 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 572 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEELING TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 19 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- 4-6 IN. SNOW ON RUNWAY,ICY SPOTS BENEATH SNOW.TOWER WAS NOT ADVISED OF DEPTH OF NEW SNOW ON RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9711
- Reported as
- Beech G18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wheeling
N9711Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Beech G18SAirframe modelBeech G18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.