- Date
- May 19, 1970
- Place
- Sioux City, IA · SIOUX CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N139KBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1199 70/5/19 SIOUX CITY,IOWA BEECH E18S CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1103 N139K PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 27, 3075 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 525 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ATLANTA,GA WILLMAR,MINN SIOUX CITY,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IN FLT FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE. L PROP FOUND FEATH. INVEST SHOWED NO ENG MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N139K
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Graham
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