- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- Beaufort, SC · BEAUFORT, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N49784Boeing A75N1
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4224 71/2/6 BEAUFORT,SC BOEING A75N1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 431 TIME - 1239 N49784 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAUFORT,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FAILED TO PULL OUT OF NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. OBS STATED ACFT WAS INVOLVED IN AIR COMBAT AT TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49784
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beaufort County
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