- Date
- November 2, 1968
- Place
- Burlington, NJ · BURLINGTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5861SBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107657
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4337 68/11/2 BURLINGTON,NJ BEECH 35-C33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 165 TIME - 1130 N5861S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 95 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURLINGTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- DOOR CAME OPEN,PLT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WHILE HOLDING DOOR CLOSED. BENT SPAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5861S
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burlington
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