- Date
- January 3, 1979
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12WFBeech 58N76LABeech E-18S
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790103000151A19790103000152A
- Case key
- 138226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0014 79/1/3 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL BEECH E-18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 325 TIME - 1039 N76LA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - APPROACH CTL-DEPARTURE RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY DEPARTURE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- N76LA WAS STRUCK FROM RIGHT REAR BY N12WF.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0014 79/1/3 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL BEECH 58 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1039 N12WF PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 50, 11065 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 526 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL TNOMASVILLE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 30 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N12WF
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Registration
- N76LA
- Reported as
- Beech E-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.