- Date
- September 29, 1970
- Place
- Keokuk, IA · KEOKUK, IA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1437 70/9/29 KEOKUK,IOWA BEECH E18S CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0135 N29W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 27, 4128 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 1 0 600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEOKUK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEOKUK,IOWA DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BEECH PLTS PREOCCUPIED IN COCKPIT. NEITHER ACFT WAS CHOCKED FOR ENG START. NO LINE PERSONNEL AVAIL
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1437 70/9/29 KEOKUK,IOWA CESSNA 337C CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0135 N2553S PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 52, 22000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 2 0 HOURS, 354 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEOKUK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEOKUK,IOWA DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BEECH MOVED FWD AFTER ENG START.HIT CESSNA.PLT OF CESSNA SAW BEECH AND TRIED TO EVADE.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2553S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Keokuk Muni
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.
- Registration
- N29W
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Keokuk Muni
N29WRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2012 · Beech E18SAirframe modelBeech E18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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