- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Lahaina, HI · LAHAINA, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6978QBeech 19A
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112000959A
- Case key
- 187058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0240 74/1/12 LAHAINA,HAWAII BEECH 19A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1047 N6978Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAANAPALI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARBERS PT,HAWAII LAHAINA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY TELEPHONE 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 77 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- SUGAR CANE FLD ABT 100 FT SHORT OF RWY. GUSTING TO 22K. APCH DIFFICULT FOR LOW TIME PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6978Q
- Reported as
- Beech 19A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kaanapali
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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.