- Date
- June 29, 1979
- Place
- Slatington, PA · SLATINGTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N281MBeech C45H
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790629040709A
- Case key
- 201201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2966 79/6/29 SLATINGTON,PA BEECH C45H CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0613 N281M PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 37, 6042 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV ALLENTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- APCH TO ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM EASTON ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N281M
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Allentn-Bthlm Etn
N281MRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.