- Date
- October 25, 1979
- Place
- Fordyce, AR · FORDYCE, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9466SBeech C55
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791025034839A
- Case key
- 133039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3191 79/10/25 NR.FORDYCE,AR BEECH C55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1939 N9466S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 27, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON, TX HOT SPRINGS,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9466S
- Reported as
- Beech C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9466SRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.