- Date
- April 3, 1967
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3727GBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118348
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0001 67/4/3 LEXINGTON,KY BEECH C-45H CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1633 N3727G PX- 8 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 49, 16144 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE GRASS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN OCCURRED IN AREA OF LEFT ENG NACELLE DURING CLIMB-OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3727G
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blue Grass Field
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