- Date
- August 15, 1976
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL · LAKE PLACID, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N345XBeech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760815029419A
- Case key
- 156105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 76/8/15 NR.LAKE PLACID,FL BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2120 N345X PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLACID LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LAKE PLACID,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HAULING CONTRABAND.CIRCLING UNLIT ARPT AT NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N345X
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Placid Lakes
N345XRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Beech 65-80Airframe modelBeech 65-80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.