- Date
- March 19, 1979
- Place
- Arcadia, FL · ARCADIA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70GCBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790319011739A
- Case key
- 137155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1044 79/3/19 NR.ARCADIA,FL BEECH 65 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3400 TIME - 0423 N70GC PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ARCADIA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MARIJUANA STAKEOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70GC
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N70GCRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 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.