- Date
- February 15, 1979
- Place
- Horseshoe Bch, FL · HORSESHOE BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N238HBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3932 79/2/15 NR.HORSESHOE BCH,FL BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2100 N238H PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 47, 13500 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORSE SHOE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BELIZE,BRITISH HNDRS HORSESHOE BCH,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- PIC ON DUTY FOR 15HRS,FLEW FOR 10HRS,3HRS OF WHICH WAS AT NIGHT.PLT UNDER SUSPICION FOR NARC FLTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N238H
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Horse Shoe Beach
N238HRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Beech S35Airframe modelBeech S35Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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.