- Date
- May 9, 1979
- Place
- Burton, OH · BURTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N438ABeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790509031509A
- Case key
- 135439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2489 79/5/9 NR.BURTON,OH BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0005 N438A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 31, 8600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YOUNGSTOWN,OH PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 3 ACFT FORMATION FLIGHT AT NIGHT OVER HOUSE OF LEADER'S MOTHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N438A
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.
Other investigations on N438A · 1
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