- Date
- November 21, 1978
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N86540Cessna 337E
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781121044519A
- Case key
- 138141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4318 78/11/21 NR.DAYTONA BEACH,FL CESSNA 337E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 6250 TIME - 2137 N86540 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTONA BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.MEYERS,FL DAYTONA BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86540
- Reported as
- Cessna 337E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Daytona Beach
N86540Registration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Cessna 337EAirframe modelCessna 337EEngine modelContinental IO-360 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.