- Date
- March 15, 1966
- Place
- Kaanapali, HI · KAANAPALI, HI
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N866HBeech C45G
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173168
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0558 66/3/15 KAANAPALI HAWAII BEECH C45G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1227 N866H PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 54, 18000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAANAPALI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- CRODDWIND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866H
- Reported as
- Beech C45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kaanapali
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