- Date
- January 10, 1978
- Place
- Yazoo City, MS · YAZOO CITY, MS
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N388MCBeech B-90
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780110012789A
- Case key
- 143449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0967 78/1/10 YAZOO CITY,MS BEECH B-90 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N388MC PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC 40, 4047 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3661 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARRIER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OH YAZOO CITY,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - ACCESSORY DRIVE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ACCESSORY DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N388MC
- Reported as
- Beech B-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barrier Field
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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.