- Date
- August 30, 1974
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ · COLTS NECK, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3696QBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740830029689A
- Case key
- 136927
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2654 74/8/30 COLTS NECK,NJ BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 509 TIME - 1455 N3696Q PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLTS NECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBINE,NJ AMITYVILLE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RUSHED APCH TO AVOID ADVERSE WX.LNDD LONG ON 2500FT SOD RWY.OVERRAN INTO CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3696Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Colts Neck
N3696QRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2014 · Beech A23AAirframe modelBeech A23AEngine modelContinental IO-346 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3696Q · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL91LA022Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFranklin, NCThe pilots failure to maintain directional control during landing. The presence of gusting crosswinds was a factor in the accident.NTSB NYC73FHJ07Accident · No injuriesClosedCentral Islip, NYNTSB NYC73DHJ05Accident · No injuriesClosedShirley, NYNTSB NYC72FHM18Accident · No injuriesClosedNew Paltz, NY