- Date
- June 8, 1975
- Place
- Lake Okeechobe, FL · LAKE OKEECHOBE, FL
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2115WBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750608042959A
- Case key
- 149190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2188 75/6/8 LAKE OKEECHOBE,FL BEECH C23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 34, TIME - UNK/NR N2115W PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 600 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL WINTER HAVEN,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT NOT FOUND,OCCUPANTS FM ACFT RCVRD FM LAKE OKEECHOBEE ONE WEEK AFTR ACDT.ACFT DMG PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2115W
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2115WRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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