- Date
- January 3, 1965
- Place
- Henderson, KY · HENDERSON, KY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N208UBBeechcraft E18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179896
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0599 65/1/3 HENDERSON KY BEECHCRAFT E18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4341 TIME - 1445 N208UB PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO.1 ENGINE TEARAWAY FOLLOWING IN-FLIGHT-SEPARATION OF NO.1 ENGINE PROPELLER BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N208UB
- Reported as
- Beechcraft E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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