Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 1 February 1975
Aircraft Type: Howard Super Ventura
Owner/operator: Ebco Manufacturing Co.
Registration Number: N234YU
Location: Egg Harbor, NJ –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft crashed during a 350-degree heading change to intercept a localizer, resulting in a nose-down attitude. The incident was likely caused by pilot in command errors, including failing to maintain sufficient airspeed, combined with adverse weather conditions such as ice, icing, and sleet, exacerbated by weather briefings that were not sufficiently accurate.An aircraft crashed during a 350-degree heading change to intercept a localizer, resulting in a nose-down attitude. The incident was likely caused by pilot in command errors, including failing to maintain sufficient airspeed, combined with adverse weather conditions such as ice, icing, and sleet, exacerbated by weather briefings that were not sufficiently accurate.
Description
The aircraft crashed in a steep nose down attitude during a 350 deg heading change to intercept the localizer. PROBABLE CAUSE: pilot in command – failed to obtain/maintain flying speed miscellaneous acts,conditions – airframe ice weather – icing conditions-includes sleet,freezing rain,etc. weather briefing – briefed by flight service personnel, by phone weather forecast – forecast substantially correct
Primary Cause
Pilot in command – failed to obtain/maintain flying speedPilot in command – failed to obtain/maintain flying speedShare on:
