NTSB Identification: DEN86LA116.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 30991.
Accident occurred Sunday, April 13, 1986 in WALL, SD
Aircraft: BEECH A-36, registration: N4479W
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor,1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE WAS MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO WX, WHEN THE ACFT HE WAS PILOTING ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED CROSSWIND JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT SAID THE LEFT WING DIPPED & MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. WITNESSES AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THE VISIBILITY TO BE LESS THAN 1/2 MI WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC..CONTINUED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..CROSSWIND
Index for Apr1986 | Index of months