- Date
- March 16, 1976
- Place
- Wappinger Fls, NY · WAPPINGER FLS, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7997RBeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760316041859A
- Case key
- 153146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0550 76/3/16 WAPPINGER FLS,NY BEECH 99 CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N7997R PX- 0 0 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 42, 14159 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 3343 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAPPINGER FLS,NY JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SLEET, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT APRX 368 LB OVR G/W.PLT PAX RPTD ACFT SHUDDERED L WING DROPPED,LVLD,THEN RIGHT WING DROPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7997R
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dutchess County
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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.