Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Bloomsfield Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Bloomfield, Iowa 52537
Friday, April 20, 1984 12:30 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ACCORDING TO FAA RECORDS, THE STUDENT PLT RECIEVED A WX BRIEFING AT 1000 CST. AT THAT TIME, THE LATEST WX OBSERVATION AT OTTUMUA, IA, (CLOSEST WX STATION TO BROOMFIELD, IA) SHOWED THE WIND WAS FROM 110 DEGS AT 11 KTS. ABOUT 25 MINS AFTER THE BRIEFING, THE FORECAST WAS AMENDED TO EXPECT WINDS FROM 090 DEGS AT 15 KTS. ARRIVING AT BROOMFIELD THE PLT MADE A GO-AROUND AFTER ENCOUNTERING A STRONG X-WIND ON THE 1ST APCH. HE LANDED AFTER THE 2ND APCH BUT THE ACFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & HIT A DITCH. THE UNICOM WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS AN OPERATIONAL WIND SOCK. AN AG OPERATOR ON THE ARPT ESTIMATED THE WIND WAS FROM THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 KTS. THESTUDENT DID NOT CONTACT THE FSS AT OTTUMUA TO UPDATE THE WIND WX INFO.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/20/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1230 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | BLOOMFIELD |
| Event State | IOWA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 52537 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BLOOMSFIELD MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 4K6 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 887 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1254 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 350 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OTA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 845 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 21 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 3500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 5 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 25 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1169 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 25034 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6715W |
| NTSB Number | MKC84LA127 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | C23 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | C23 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | M-2259 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2450 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 28 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 27 |
| Airframe Hours | 1196 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | WILLIAM F. JEFFERS |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 3425 53RD ST. |
| Aircraft Owner City | MOLINE |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 61265 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | ELLIOTT BEECHCRAFT |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | P.O. BOX 100 |
| Operator City | MOLINE |
| Operator State | IL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 61265 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MLI |
| Departure City | MOLINE |
| Departure State | IL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1130 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 36 |
| Runway Length | 3400 |
| Runway Width | 50 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |