- Date
- January 15, 1979
- Place
- Clewiston, FL · CLEWISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N438GAero Comdr 560E
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790115000879A
- Case key
- 137852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0191 79/1/15 NR.CLEWISTON,FL AERO COMDR 560E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3250 TIME - 1445 N438G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEBRING,FL MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH ROCKS,RIGHT GEAR SHEARED OFF.FIRE IN COCKPIT FROM UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N438G
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N438GRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 2013 · Aero Commander 560-EAirframe modelAero Commander 560-EEngine modelLycoming GO-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.