- Date
- December 31, 1969
- Place
- Friendship Apt, MD · FRIENDSHIP APT, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N80385Beech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148675
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3197 69/12/31 FRIENDSHIP APT,MD BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0300 N80385 PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 24, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1012 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIENDSHIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIENDSHIP APT,MD ERIE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA 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 RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT. R WG STRUCK BAGGAGE CART ON UNLTD RAMP. NOTICE TO MOVE CART WAS GIVEN PREVIOUSLY BY TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80385
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Friendship
N80385Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney WJR-B-S-T
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Other investigations on N80385 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.