19791216039969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 65 · Lexington, KY · December 16, 1979

Date
December 16, 1979 · 18:02 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Blue Grass
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N154F
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD80FA017
Reported as
Beech 65
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
6
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total176 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost engine due to induction icing. Airframe icing. Got below VMC. Lost control. Rolled inverted prior to crash.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ENGINE DUE TO INDUCTION ICING. AIRFRAME ICING. GOT BELOW VMC. LOST CONTROL.ROLLED INVERTED PRIOR TO CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.