- Date
- May 27, 1979
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL · BOCA RATON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72DRBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790527027779A
- Case key
- 135447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2576 79/5/27 BOCA RATON,FL BEECH 65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 162 TIME - 1620 N72DR PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOCA RATON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BEACH,FL HOLLYWOOD,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES STATED ACFT APPEARED OVERTAKING S/E ACFT ON FINAL.NO COMM ESTABLISHED.GR DOWN GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72DR
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boca Raton
N72DRRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · 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.