- Date
- August 4, 1974
- Place
- Bedminster, NJ · BEDMINSTER, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8510MBeech A55
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740804023919A
- Case key
- 138641
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3708 74/8/4 BEDMINSTER,NJ BEECH A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1300 TIME - 1235 N8510M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITMAN,NJ BEDMINSTER,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TSTM JUST PASSED THE ARPT.WIND GUSTING 25K.HIT FENCE CAUSED GR TO COLLAPSE..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8510M
- Reported as
- Beech A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Somerset
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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.