- Date
- February 24, 1979
- Place
- Oneonta, NY · ONEONTA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17574Beech 58
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790224014979A
- Case key
- 137114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0913 79/2/24 ONEONTA,NY BEECH 58 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1107 N17574 PX- 0 3 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 49, 14700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONEONTA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWARK,NJ ONEONTA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH UPROOTED TREE STUMP AND SNOW COVERED GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17574
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oneonta Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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