- Date
- November 20, 1978
- Place
- Brownsville, TX · BROWNSVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N204CCBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781120043739A
- Case key
- 138439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3937 78/11/20 BROWNSVILLE, TX BEECH H18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2000 N204CC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 27, 3550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 258 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWNSVILLE INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE, TX SPRINGFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WRECKAGE LOCATION 3MI FROM DEPARTURE ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N204CC
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brownsville Intl
N204CCRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2009 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.