- Date
- March 6, 1980
- Place
- Avoca, PA · AVOCA, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N632ZBeech D50
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800306004589A
- Case key
- 131441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0904 80/3/6 AVOCA,PA BEECH D50 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0930 N632Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 56, 5800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1564 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILKES-BARRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY AVOCA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY REMARKS- R BRAKE HAD TO BE PUMPED TWICE TO FUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N632Z
- Reported as
- Beech D50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wilkes-Barre
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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.