- Date
- September 6, 1975
- Place
- Hyannis, MA · HYANNIS, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1426GBeech B95A55
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750906031559A
- Case key
- 151590
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3473 75/9/6 HYANNIS,MA BEECH B95A55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 671 TIME - 1842 N1426G PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 236 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNSTABLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHANTILLY,VA HYANNIS,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK 50 FOOT HIGH APPROACH LIGHT TOWERS DURING SPECIAL VFR APPROACH AFTER SUNSET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1426G
- Reported as
- Beech B95A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barnstable Muni
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.