- Date
- December 31, 1974
- Place
- St Augustine, FL · ST AUGUSTINE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N500MMBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741231043789A
- Case key
- 144946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4192 74/12/31 ST AUGUSTINE,FLA BEECH H18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 9293 TIME - 1025 N500MM PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAINT AUGUSTINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ST PETERSBURG,FLA ST AUGUSTINE,FLA COCOA BEACH,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 64 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PAX RPTD PLT HAD NO CTL OVR ACFT,CTLS FROZEN.EXTENSIVE FIRE DMG PRECLUDED DETERMINATION OF CAUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500MM
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Saint Augustine
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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.