- Date
- June 22, 1972
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42ABeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0675 72/6/22 CLEVELAND,OHIO BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0740 N42A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 49, 15176 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1361 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEVELAND-HOPKINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA ROCKFORD,ILL CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L WING FAILED,FOLDED UP. FATIGUE CRACK WAS PRESENT DURG PRIOR INSPECTIONS BUT WAS NOT DETECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42A
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cleveland-Hopkins
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