- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Clewiston, FL · CLEWISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7177BConvair 240
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904044629A
- Case key
- 139300
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3084 78/9/4 NR.CLEWISTON,FL CONVAIR 240 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N7177B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 44, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEWISTON,FL ST PETERSBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT WAS NOT TYPE RATED IN CONVAIR 240.ELT WAS NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7177B
- Reported as
- Convair 240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sugar Cane Fld
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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.