- Date
- October 22, 1980
- Place
- Ellington, CT · ELLINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67168Beech C23
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801022058159A
- Case key
- 128639
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2908 80/10/22 ELLINGTON,CT BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 208 TIME - 1120 N67168 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLINGTON,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WND GSTG 19KTS & VARIABLE FM RGT X-WND TO RGT QTRG TAIL WND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67168
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellington
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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.