- Date
- April 26, 1975
- Place
- Hilton Head Is, SC · HILTON HEAD IS, SC
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N700SPBeech A100
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750426042229A
- Case key
- 201275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0397 75/4/26 HILTON HEAD IS,SC BEECH A100 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2055 N700SP PX- 5 2 1 CORP/EXEC 55, 15657 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 549 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILTON HEAD IS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAVANNAH,GA JACKSON,MS HILTON HEAD IS,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLMB AFTR TKOF TWD UNLIGHTED AREA.APRX 436LBS OVR MAX TKOF GWT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700SP
- Reported as
- Beech A100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilton Head Is
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.