- Date
- January 6, 1978
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N77DCBeech D-55
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780106000979A
- Case key
- 143385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1089 78/1/6 MOBILE,AL BEECH D-55 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3995 TIME - 0559 N77DC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 415 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOBILE AEROSPACE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,AL MOBILE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - FOG PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77DC
- Reported as
- Beech D-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mobile Aerospace
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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