- Date
- October 30, 1974
- Place
- White Plains, NY · WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3728QBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741030037809A
- Case key
- 143011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3721 74/10/30 WHITE PLAINS,NY BEECH V35 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0206 N3728Q PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 59, 9781 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1562 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YIPSILANTI,MICH WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ILS APCH.NO G/S RCVR INSTALLED.DSCNDD BLO MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3728Q
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westchester Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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