- Date
- October 16, 1971
- Place
- Hot Springs, VA · HOT SPRINGS, VA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20DESwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2650 71/10/16 HOT SPRINGS,VA SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1317 N20DE PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 49, 25000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INGALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH HOT SPRINGS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA ON 3RD ATTEMPT AT NO G/S ILS APCH. HIT 150 FT SHORT AND TO R OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20DE
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ingalls