- Date
- August 30, 1979
- Place
- Middletown, PA · MIDDLETOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N868AFBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790830043439A
- Case key
- 202512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3692 79/8/30 MIDDLETOWN,PA BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0600 N868AF PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 47, 13000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISBURG INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA MIDDLETOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK TREES ON A HILL 1.8 MILES FM RWY THRESHOLD.NOSE BAGGAGE DOOR FOUND IN UNLOCKED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N868AF
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harrisburg Intl
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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.