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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 58 · Catalina Island, CA · May 28, 1981

Date
May 28, 1981 · 16:40 local
Place
Catalina Island, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N140S
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA092
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total544 in this make and model86 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Aircraft crashed into water during low level rolling manuver while buzzing a boat.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO WATER DURING LOW LEVEL ROLLING MANUVER WHILE BUZZING A BOAT.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N140S · 1

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