- Date
- January 7, 1978
- Place
- Pottstown, PA · POTTSTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5581Beech H50
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780107001489A
- Case key
- 143502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0030 78/1/7 NR.POTTSTOWN,PA BEECH H50 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 3900 TIME - 1420 N5581 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POTTSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ POTTSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DRG VOR APCH DCNDD BLO MDA,CONTD FLT AT LOW ALT STRUCK HI TRRN 2 MI NE OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5581
- Reported as
- Beech H50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pottstown
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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.