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NYC75FHA10

1974-08-04 · BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH A55 · N8510M
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
SOMERSET
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
190° / 15 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000TC-452
Total time
3,200 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
1,300
Age
36

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ENCE CAUSED GR TO COLLAPSE..

Investigator remarks

TSTM JUST PASSED THE ARPT.WIND GUSTING 25K.HIT F

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 64/B/82 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
  • 82/L/M L
    WEATHER DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
  • 80/K/BY K
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3708. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3708.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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