- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- Beaufort, SC · BEAUFORT, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25DABrittnorman BN-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203037269A
- Case key
- 139232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3647 78/12/3 NR.BEAUFORT,SC BRITTNORMAN BN-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 10480 TIME - 1923 N25DA PX- 0 0 0 COMPANY FLIGHT TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,SC HILTON HEAD,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25DA
- Reported as
- Brittnorman BN-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaufort County
N25DARegistration cancelled Apr 13, 1990 · Britten-Norman BN-2A-8Airframe modelBritten-Norman BN-2A-8
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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.