- Date
- March 9, 1976
- Place
- Owensboro, KY · OWENSBORO, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2162WBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760309012489A
- Case key
- 153278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1063 76/3/9 OWENSBORO,KY BEECH C23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 387 TIME - 1230 N2162W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CABIN DOOR,GLARE SHIELD,LNDG GR AND PILOTS BODY RCVRD FM RIVER.ACFT NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2162W
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Evansville Dress
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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.