- Date
- March 4, 1977
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N870RBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770304006089A
- Case key
- 157713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0426 77/3/4 SACRAMENTO,CA BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 150 TIME - 1355 N870R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO EXECUT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA SACRAMENTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIND VELOCITY 17 GUSTING TO 24.GROUND DAMAGE TO POWER LINES,POLE,WOOD FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N870R
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sacramento Execut
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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.