- Date
- April 10, 1981
- Place
- Pine Knot, KY · PINE KNOT, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3768ZBeech 65-B80
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810410015739A
- Case key
- 125577
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1187 81/4/10 PINE KNOT,KY BEECH 65-B80 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 38, UNK/NR TIME - 1900 N3768Z PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCCREARY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINE KNOT,KY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DRIFTED LEFT AFTER LIFTOFF.STRUCK TREES,THEN DIRT BANK.APRX 417LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3768Z
- Reported as
- Beech 65-B80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mccreary County
N3768ZRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2013 · Beech 65-B80Airframe modelBeech 65-B80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.