- Date
- April 18, 1977
- Place
- Ruddock, LA · RUDDOCK, LA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N256TMBeech BE200
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770418030319A
- Case key
- 157697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2869 77/4/18 NR.RUDDOCK,LA BEECH BE200 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2900 TIME - 2207 N256TM PX- 4 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 580 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- UNAUTHORIZED FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N256TM
- Reported as
- Beech BE200
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- 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.