- Date
- October 24, 1977
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N123EMBeech D-18S
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771024043579A
- Case key
- 144281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0020 77/10/24 MIAMI,FL BEECH D-18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1055 N123EM PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 48, 7200 TOTAL HOURS, 627 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL VERO BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 83 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- INTERMITTENT ENGINE IGNITION MALFUNCTION. CROSS WIND CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123EM
- Reported as
- Beech D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl
N123EMRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 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 N123EM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.