- Date
- February 22, 1972
- Place
- Molokai, HI · MOLOKAI, HI
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5642VBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164739
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0002 72/2/22 NR.MOLOKAI,HAWAII BEECH D18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0705 N5642V PX- 7 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 41, 7323 TOTAL HOURS, 764 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII LANAI,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 71 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN TSTM ACTIVITY.COLLIDED WITH OCEAN FOR UNK REASON.3 PAX AND PLT PRESUMED FATAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5642V
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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