- Date
- March 20, 1970
- Place
- Hammondsport, NY · HAMMONDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N302FBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1017 70/3/20 HAMMONDSPORT,NY BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1330 N302F PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 44, 9625 TOTAL HOURS, 64 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLOR VAN GELDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,PA HAMMONDSPORT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 160 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT T/D APRX 46FT SHORT OF RNWY.L GR HIT ICY SNOW BANK,WIND GUSTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N302F
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taylor Van Gelder
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