# Accident 19781202044779A: Sctaiv B2061, Miami, FL, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: New Tamiami
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N568MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N568MA-2013-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beagle B.206 SERIES 2 (registry code 1121224, https://openairdocs.org/model/beagle-b-206-series-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCTAIV B2061
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,297 total, 55 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202044779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OIL EXHAUSTION ON R ENG FOR UNDET REASON,NO ENG INSP LOGGED AFT GUP LNDGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA026), Dec 2, 1978: Beagle 206 (N568MA), Miami, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N568MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781001030689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781001030689I), Oct 1, 1978: Bag B206/ (N568MA), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. Flight test after installation of new brakes. Tight during taxi, right side locked up on landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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