Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 18 January 1972
Aircraft Type: Learjet 25
Owner/operator: Tandy Corp.
Registration Number: N658TC
Location: 3,1 km NW of Victoria County-Foster Airport, TX (VCT) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
Description
Struck the ground and a power pole 1,7nm short of runway 12L during a non precision approach to Victoria County-Foster Airport, Texas. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The lack of altitude awareness on the part of the flightcrew while descending into known weather conditions which were conductive to a rapid deterioration in forward visibility. The Board believes that the action of the crew might have been influenced by a visual illusory effect produced by a shallow layer of dense fog combined with the relative position of the sun.”
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