- Date
- October 19, 1979
- Place
- Covington, KY · COVINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24KBeech H18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791019027139A
- Case key
- 134852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2936 79/10/19 COVINGTON, KY BEECH H18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0015 N24K PX- 0 0 1 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 33, 4690 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 1550 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR CINCINNATI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COVINGTON, KY INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HIT LIGHTPOLES DRG LDG ON HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24K
- Reported as
- Beech H18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grtr Cincinnati
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N24K · 1
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