- Date
- April 10, 1980
- Place
- Hartford, CT · HARTFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N466ASBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800410008799A
- Case key
- 131357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0813 80/4/10 HARTFORD,CT BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2126 N466AS PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 5300 TOTAL HOURS, 200 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTFORD-BRAINARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA HARTFORD,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA DRG VOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N466AS
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hartford-Brainard
N466ASRegistration cancelled Dec 31, 1980 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.