- Date
- October 3, 1982, 15:10 local (Oct 4, 1982, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Waimanalo, HI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N215HBeech C-45G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821003053219A
- Case key
- 72942
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The purpose of the flt was to be a reindoctrination/training flt for the second-in-command. Witnesses observed the acft off shore flying parallel to the cliffs approximately 500 ft over the water. The acft banked left then right to a 90 deg right wing low attitude wing-over type maneuver & descend into the ocean. The acft was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N215H
- Reported as
- Beech C-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-405
- Airframe hours
- 15,860
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Panorama Air Tour
- Registered owner
- Air Tour Aquisition Corporatio
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
- Destination
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,904 total · 2,529 in this make and model · 6,688 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 189 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.