- Date
- July 13, 1977
- Place
- Greenville, SC · GREENVILLE, SC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N48CBeech 95-A55
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770713018999A
- Case key
- 145793
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2589 77/7/13 GREENVILLE,SC BEECH 95-A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N48C PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 2575 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- RIGHT MAIN CABIN DOOR CAME OPEN DURING LIFT OFF.PASSENGER TRIED TO CLOSE DOOR AND CAUSED YAW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48C
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenville Muni
N48CRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Beech 95-A55Airframe modelBeech 95-A55Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.
Other investigations on N48C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.