19831205059589A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech D18S · Brownsville, TX · December 5, 1983

Date
December 5, 1983 · 20:10 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N44609
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84FA086
Reported as
Beech D18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Aircraft hit powerlines and crashed attempting to return to airport shortly after departure.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT POWERLINES AND CRASHED ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE.

NTSB investigation

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