- Date
- May 24, 1980
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL · DAYTONA BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N300GRConvair 240
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800524015269A
- Case key
- 130605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2445 80/5/24 NR.DAYTONA BEACH,FL CONVAIR 240 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 7300 TIME - 1600 N300GR PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRUCE CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTONA BEACH,FL SANTO DOMINGO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CREW AWARE THAT OIL LINES WERE 15YRS OLD.ACFT APPROX 7353LBS OVR G/W FOR TKOF CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300GR
- Reported as
- Convair 240
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spruce Creek
N300GRRegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2009 · Convair 240Airframe modelConvair 240Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-2800 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.