- Date
- March 25, 1978
- Place
- Centreville, IL · CENTREVILLE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N58JMBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780325042379A
- Case key
- 141604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4436 78/3/25 CENTREVILLE,IL BEECH H18 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 865 TIME - 1052 N58JM PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BI-STATE PARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINE BLUFF,AR EAST ST.LOUIS,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT WIRE DURING LOCALIZER APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58JM
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bi-State Parks
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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.