- Date
- February 27, 1979
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N711TLBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790227011019A
- Case key
- 137012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0854 79/2/27 INDIANAPOLIS,IN BEECH E18S CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0718 N711TL PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 22, 1920 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN LOUISVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE BEHIND A DEPARTING B-727.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711TL
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Indianapolis Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N711TL · 1
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