- Date
- August 1, 1971
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7506NBeech E33
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2521 71/8/1 BLOCK ISLAND,RI BEECH E33 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2145 TIME - 1915 N7506N PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 356 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLOCK ISLAND,RI HARTFORD,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLT APRX 50FT AGL ENCTRD FOG BANK.DRG ATMPT MVFR RETURN TO ARPT,PLT DSCNDD.ACFT HIT TREES DRG TURN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7506N
- Reported as
- Beech E33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island