- Date
- October 28, 1970
- Place
- Carolina, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N349VBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1468 70/10/28 NR.CAROLINA,PR BEECH C-45H CR- 1 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 9500 TIME - 1033 N349V PX- 0 0 14 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR ST.THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED DUAL STUDENT - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING DUAL STUDENT - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- CO-PLT OPENED CABIN DOOR IN FLT,FELL FROM ACFT. PRESUMED FATAL INJ. SAFETY CHAIN WAS NOT SECURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N349V
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage