- Date
- July 18, 1980
- Place
- Morton, WA · MORTON, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1466LBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3478 80/7/18 MORTON,WA BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 180 TIME - 1450 N1466L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STROM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEHALIS,WA MORTON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- RT WING CAUGHT IN TALL GRASS BESIDE RWY.PLT RPRTD WND BLEW ACFT TO RGT BFR TCHDWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1466L
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Strom
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