# NTSB MIA71AM068: Boeing A75N1, N49784, Beaufort, SC, February 6, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1971
- Place: Beaufort, SC · BEAUFORT, SC
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 11, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71AM068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM068

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49784-1971-03-22), registration cancelled 1971-03-22, S/N 75-669 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1) (registry code 1380165) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Beaufort County

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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